County: Barton

Date: 1984

Photographer: John Charlton/KGS

Place Name: Cheyenne Bottoms

Short description: Winter reeds at Cheyenne Bottoms in Barton County. Cheyenne Bottoms is a major food and water stop for tens of thousands of birds each season on the Central Flyway, a migratory route stretching across the middle of North America from Canada to Mexico.

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