Cheyenne Audubon March events
Barb Gorges
News releases for March 2026 – program and field trip
Contact: Barb Gorges, bgor...@msn.com
Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society
For immediate release, Mar. 3, 2026
March 17 – No host dinner with speaker Elizabeth Wommack
4:30 p.m. at Hacienda Guadalajara, 317 E. Lincolnway. Please RSVP Barb Gorges, bgor...@msn.com or text your name to 307-287-4952.
March 17 – Cheyenne Audubon program – Elizabeth Wommack on Vulture Watch Wyoming (Don’t be a turkey, come learn about vultures!)
Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free talk by Elizabeth Wommack on Turkey Vultures in Wyoming and the community science project, “Vulture Watch Wyoming,” to learn more about them. The talk will be March 17, 6 p.m., in the Trout Room at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department headquarters, 5400 Bishop Boulevard.
The talk will also provide training for identifying and aging Turkey Vultures and discuss why they are important to the ecosystem in Wyoming, and the history of our understanding of these vultures in the state. Everyone attending will be able to help Vulture Watch Wyoming to collect observations and counts.
Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Wommack is the staff curator and collections manager at the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates. Her research focuses on understanding phenotypic variation and behavior of birds of prey. She also works to preserve, curate, and understand the diversity of all vertebrate groups in Wyoming. Through a collaboration with the Biodiversity Institute, Beth helps lead Vulture Watch Wyoming, a community science program that is designed to gather data to improve our knowledge of this vital scavenger across the state. Online training information is available at the University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute website under the Community Science tab.
For more information about the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society, please visit https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.
March 28 – Field Trip: Table Mountain Wildlife Management Area sandhill crane migration
Cheyenne Audubon invites birders of every level and non-birders to experience sandhill crane migration near Yoder, Wyoming, about 75 miles north of Cheyenne, March 28, 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. The trip is free and open to the public.
Participants will leave Lions Park’s parking lot south of the Children's Village at 3 p.m. The group will rendezvous at about 4:15 p.m. at the game check station on Co. Rd. 42, about 0.75 miles west of U.S. 85 and the Pheasant Farm, continuing to the Table Mountain wildlife management area to watch the cranes return in flocks to their nighttime roosting area after they spend the day feeding in grain fields.
Participants should bring water, snacks, dinner and clothing for changing weather conditions.
If you want to carpool but don’t want to leave your car in the parking lot in the evening, when you call Grant, let him know if you want a ride or riders so riders can be picked up on the way to Lions Park.
Please register for the trip with Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he can contact you if plans change due to weather.
For more information about the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society, please visit https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.
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