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Keep Your Eyes Open: Bird Watching in Wyoming

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Keep Your Eyes Open: Bird Watching in Wyoming

Keep your eyes and binoculars peeled for these birds (and many others) in Wyoming:

Western meadowlark – This is the state bird. It's about 9 inches long, with a sharply pointed bill. In breeding season, spring through fall, both male and female sport a yellow belly with a black bib.

Brown-capped rosy finch – Look along the cliff faces, talus slopes, and rock fields of Wyoming's mountains to find this little bird. Unique to the Central Rocky Mountains, it's about 6.25 inches long with a black forehead, pink belly, and forked tail.

Greater sage grouse – As their name implies, Sage Grouse like sagebrush, and they can only be seen in the interior West. They're large birds, about two feet long. The male grouse makes a showy display in mating season (springtime), puffing out his white breast and producing clucking, hooting, and popping sounds.

Trumpeter swan – Up to six feet long, these large white swans live in marshy areas along rivers and lakes. Look for them in the national parks as well as at Seedskadee NWR.

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