I attended a Topeka Audubon Society field trip on Saturday to Lyon
State Fishing Lake, with seventeen people participating in the trip. It is always great to hang out with fellow
bird and nature enthusiasts. After
reaching our destination, we were able to locate four Long-eared Owls. The
group then spread out and walked through a short grass field south of the lake and
flushed one Smith's Longspur. Smith’s
Longspurs are traditionally a difficult species to locate in Kansas.
On Sunday morning, after hearing tales of a large number of swans,
I travelled to Wyandotte Lake. I was amply
rewarded with 42 Trumpeter Swans at the lake.
They were accompanied by thousands of Canada Geese and a variety of
ducks, mostly Mallards. I did locate
some Common Goldeneye, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, and Redheads. The swans were well worth the trip.
Trumpeter Swans at Wyandotte Lake
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