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Recent Bird Sightings at Quivira

Bunting, Snow staff 512The table below is a summary of unusual or otherwise notable bird sightings in the last few months.  It is updated weekly.

 

Page updated: 10 May 2013  

Find out where and when to bird by visiting our Birding Quivira page:   Birding Quivira

Quivira Bird Checklist

Unusual Sightings:

 
Species        Date Last Observed  Location 
Blackpoll Warbler 10 May 2013 Darrynane Grove, 1 mi south of NE 140th blacktop, on county line
Northern Waterthrush 12 May 2013 Southwest of HQ, in Tree Tunnel grove
Olive-sided Flycatcher 7 May 2013 Deadhorse Grove, south of Catalpa Grove
Black-and-white Warbler 11 May 2013
"Santana Grove" northwest of LSM
Black-headed Grosbeak 10 May 2013 Headquarters area
Ruddy Turnstone 10 May 2013 NE 170th Street, flats north of BSM
Sanderling 10 May 2013 north side of LSM at spillway
Glossy Ibis 5 May 2013 Big Salt Marsh
Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 May 2013 shelter belt corner of NE 90th Avenue and NE 170th Street (nw of Big Salt Marsh)
Western Grebe 30 April 2013 Big Salt Marsh
Sprague's Pipit 30 April 2013 grasslands north of Unit 10A (northeast of LSM)
Piping Plover 29 April 2013 Wildlife Drive
Bonaparte's Gull 2 May 2013 NE 70th Street 1 mile south of HQ (in farm field)
Red-breasted Nuthatch 9 May 2013 Headquarters )2)
Burrowing Owl 27 April 2013 Prairie Dog Town
Blue-headed Vireo 10 May 2013 Warbler Grove, woodlot on south side of NE 140th Street
Nashville Warbler 5 May 2013 "Turkey Grove" s.e. of Headquarters, along south boundary
Peregrine Falcon 10 May 2013 Big Salt Marsh
Louisiana Waterthrush 14 April 2013 corner of NE 170th and "Hay Barn" road (NE 105th Ave)
Willet 11 May 2013 LSM, north side at spillway
Long-billed Curlew 13 April 2013 flying north over north side of Little Salt Marsh
Swainson's Hawk 10 May 2013 several locations throughout
Marbled Godwit 5 May 2013 Wildlife Drive
Hudsonian Godwit 10 May 2013 Unit 28
Say's Phoebe 2 May 2013 Unit 24
Cinnamon Teal 10 May 2013 Unit 40 (1 mi. east of BSM)
Whooping Crane 22 April 2013 Big Salt Marsh, west of the Wildlife Drive (2A,1J)
Sandhill Crane 12 April 2013 Big Salt Marsh (2)
Tundra Swan 14 March 2013 west side of Big Salt Marsh (5)
Townsend's Solitaire 14 February 2013 NE 170th Street, just west of "Hay Barn" road
Snow Bunting 16 December 2012 1 bird along NE 170th Street north of Big Salt Marsh, at the oil tanks
Rock Wren 27 March 2013 north side of Little Salt Marsh, at the fishing docks
Mountain Bluebird 17 March 2013 Raymond Road, on east side of Refuge (1)
Prairie Falcon 24 February 2013 1 mile east of Big Salt Marsh, NE 140th Ave
Rough-legged Hawk 11 March 2013 Big Salt Marsh
Ferruginous Hawk 3 March 2013 main Rice County prairie dog town (juvenile)
Short-eared Owl 29 March 2013 northwest of Big Salt Marsh, at dusk (2)
Northern Shrike 28 March 2013 1 mile east of Big Salt Marsh along NE 170th Street
Bald Eagle 3 May 2013 Big Salt Marsh (1A  and 2J on nest, 1J e of BSM)
Golden Eagle 21 December 2012 1 juvenile, east side of Little Salt Marsh
Rusty Blackbird 11 November 2012 1 mile east of Big Salt Marsh at Unit 62 (pond)
Sedge Wren 16 December 2012 ditches along NE 170th Street, northwest of Big Salt Marsh (1)
Merlin 21 April 2013 Big Salt Marsh
Le Conte's Sparrow 14 November 2012 north of Big Salt Marsh, along Marsh Rd/NE 170th (at least 5)
Barred Owl 14 December 2012 west of hay barns, north of NE 170th Street
Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco 10 May 2013 southwest of HQ along Tree Tunnel grove on NE 80th St.
Black-throated Blue Warbler (female) 22 September 2012 "DeadHorse" Grove, 1.5 miles north of NE 140th St. blacktop on Salt Marsh Road
MacGillivray's Warbler (female) 22 September 2012 extreme southeast corner of Quivira, at junction of NE 80th Street and Salt Marsh Road
Osprey 13 September 2012 flying over Migrants Mile Trail
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 11 September 2012 Little Salt Marsh
Black-throated Green Warbler 29 September 2012 Headquarters
Ovenbird, Wilson's Warbler 26 August 2012 Grove along south boundary, 1 mile southeast of Headquarters
Lazuli Bunting 26 August 2012 Hay Barn Road, 1 mile northwest of Big Salt Marsh
Canada Warbler 19 August 2012 1 mile southwest of Headquarters, along south boundary
Red-necked Stint 1-2 July 2012 north end of Little Salt Marsh
Least Tern 5 August 2012 Little Salt Marsh
White-winged Dove 19 May 2012 Headquarters area
Painted Bunting 8 July 2012 Singing males at 2 locations:  1.5 mi. north on "Hay Barn" road north of  NE 170th St., and 0.75 mile west of "Hay Barn Rd"/NE 170th jct.
Blackburnian Warbler 13 May 2012 Grove on s side of NE 140th St, just west of Rattlesnake Cr
Magnolia Warbler 12 May 2012 NE 80th St, 1 mile southwest of Headquarters
Black-throated Blue Warbler 8 May 2012 shelter belt east of Headquarters
Summer Tanager 7 May 2012 Headquarters area
Blackpoll Warbler 8 May 2012 Headquarters
Clark's Grebe 4 May 2012 Big Salt Marsh (5)
Bewick's Wren 21 April 2012 Unit 24 (e of Migrants Mile)
Whimbrel 5 May 2012 Big Salt Marsh
Hermit Thrush 8 April 2012 Southeast corner Big Salt Marsh
Snowy Owl 29 Jan 2012 flats north of Big Salt Marsh 

 Grosbeak, Black-headed staff 448 

Black-headed Grosbeak, s.e. of HQ, 4 May 2013 

 Grebe, Western 2 staff 448 

 

Western Grebe, Big Salt Marsh, 30 April 2013 

Wren, Rock M Harding 448 

Rock Wren (pictured here on 4 February 2013), a long-term winter resident during the 2012-13 winter at Little Salt Marsh 

Eagle, Golden staff 448 

Golden Eagle, digi-scoped photo, east side of Little Salt Marsh, 21 December 2012 

Bunting, Snow staff 448 

Snow Bunting, photographed along the Wildlife Drive, 15 November 2012 

Bluebird, Mountain staff 448 2010 

Mountain Bluebirds have been observed regularly along Raymond Road during the 2012-13 winter 

Le Contes Sparrow staff 448 

Le Conte's Sparrow, northwest of Big Salt Marsh, 10 October 2012 

BTB Warbler small staff 448 

Black-throated Blue Warbler, female, 22 September 2012 

 

 Burrowing Owl staff 448
 

Burrowing Owl, 16 September 2012, Little Salt Marsh 

 

To see more photographs of some of the unusual bird species, click on the link below: 

 

Multimedia Links

 

 

Recent Bird Lists, First-of-Season, Images, etc.: 

Click on this link to get a copy of a recent list of observations:   Bird Observations NAMC 11 May 2013


  

First-of-Year Sightings: See our Phenology Page

 

Bald Eagle Nest 

 

Since 2009, a pair of Bald Eagles have been using the area south of Big Salt Marsh for nesting.  Young birds have successfully fledged in past years.  For more, see the Bald Eagle page.

Bald Eagles at Quivira 

 

Biological Surveys 

 

 

Periodically, surveys are conducted to assess populations of waterfowl, shorebirds, and other birds.  Click on the link below to see the most recent survey results.

  

Biological Survey Results Page

 

 

 

Last Updated: May 12, 2013
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