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Cheyenne, Wyo. – Cheyenne Audubon is hosting a free talk by Dr. Elizabeth Wommack on Turkey Vultures in Wyoming this month.
The event will be March 17 and 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.
Wommack will also discuss the community science project, «Vulture Watch Wyoming,» to learn more about them.
Dr. Elizabeth 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.
Cheyenne Audubon is also inviting 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 Frost at 307-343-2024 to , let him know if you want a ride or riders so riders can be picked up on the way to Lions Park.
For more information about the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society, please visit https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.