Lone Star Lake with Globe Prairie Area Field Trip

Name: Lone Star Lake with Globe Prairie Area Field Trip
Start: 2025-02-15T08:00:00-06:00
Location: Lone Star Lake

Schedule

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 08:00 am

UTC-06:00

Location

Lone Star Lake | Lawrence, KS

Meet at the east end of Lone Star Lake dam. We will plan to drive the perimeter road to the east with periodic stops with possible short walks at some of the stops (depending on wind and temp.) A variety of waterfowl are to be expected. Raptors should include Bald Eagles, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed, Cooper’s, and perhaps Sharp-shinned Hawks. Most bird activity will be in the woods around the lake with woodpeckers, titmice, nuthatches, kinglets, creepers, and sparrows, as well as some late warblers or towhees possible. About 9:30 we will depart for the Globe area to the south and west. Here we hope to find meadowlarks, Horned Larks, perhaps longspurs, and a variety of sparrows. In recent years there have been Rough-legged and Ferruginous Hawks as well as Peregrine or Prairie Falcons seen in the area. This is the best expanse of prairie that remains in Douglas County. Plan to wrap up the field trip by 10:30 or 11:00 am.
Photo: Prairie Falcon by Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies