June 21, 7:00 a.m. – Free Field Trip: Birding Big Sit at Blair-Wallis

Cheyenne Audubon members invite the public for a free birdwatching field trip, a Big Sit, at the Blair Picnic Area, June 21, leaving Cheyenne at 7 a.m. returning about 1 p.m. People of all levels of birdwatching expertise are welcome.           

Participants will leave from the Lions Park parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter, and drive to the Blair Picnic Area, about 40 miles west of Cheyenne in the Pole Mountain area of the Medicine Bow National Forest. Carpooling may be available.

Participants will sit and see and hear birds in the area and observe and document bird behavior. Hummingbirds are expected as well as the peregrine falcon that nests in the area.

Bring a lawn chair, lunch or a snack, water and clothes for variable weather. Bring binoculars if available.

Please call Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, to register so as to be contacted about any changes in plan due to weather. For more information about the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society, please visit https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.