Field Trips

Join us for a multi-day central Kansas wetland birding trip! We plan to bird some of our favorite areas in two of Kansas' best wetlands: Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. As migrant numbers begin to decrease, we still anticipate several species of owls, shorebirds, waders, gulls, cranes, and wetland sparrows and ... Read more

Burroughs is hosting a field trip to Montrose Conservation Area, south of Urich, MO on this Halloween Saturday. Montrose is 2,700 acres of woodlands and fields around Montrose Lake, a man-made lake built to provide cooling water for the now retired coal-fired power plant which once occupied the site. We'll search for returning waterfowl, early ... Read more

Join Topeka Audubon Society and Burroughs Audubon Society for a joint field trip to Hillsdale Reservoir on Saturday, November 21. We will bird at various spots around the lake looking for waterfowl, sparrows, raptors, and other cold weather visitors. If interested, meet at the Hillsdale State Park office building at 8:30 a.m. Please contact Logan ... Read more

Join us for one of our most popular annual field trips! Each year, we’re treated to an incredible display of thousands of Snow Geese, swans, ducks, and dozens—sometimes hundreds—of Bald Eagles. We’ll gather at the Loess Bluffs Visitor Center parking lot around 8:45 a.m. and begin our first loop of the 10-mile auto tour route ... Read more

This trip consists of birding by car with stops around Melvern Reservoir, a short bit of walking around Lyon County State Fishing Lake, and stops around John Redmond Reservoir in search of winter species such as Smith’s Longspurs, grebes, loons, scoters, gulls, shrikes, sparrows, Long-eared Owl and Short-eared Owls. Bring food, beverages, and FRS radios ... Read more