BuffaloCreekWMA

Buffalo Creek WMA

Bird Species

Ring-necked Pheasant*
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Wild Turkey*
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel*
Prairie Falcon*
Killdeer
Mourning Dove*
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill*
Red-headed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Great-crested Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe*
Western Kingbird*
Eastern Kingbird*
Loggerhead Shrike
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie*
American Crow*
Horned Lark*
Violet Green Swallow*
Northern Rough-winged*
Cliff Swallow*
Barn Swallow*
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren*
House Wren*
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*
Mountain Bluebird*
American Robin*
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher*
European Starling*
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler*
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat*
Spotted Towhee*
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow*
Lark Bunting*
Grasshopper Sparrow*
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak*
Lazuli Bunting*
Red-winged Blackbird*
Western Meadowlark*
Common Grackle*
Brown-headed Cowbird*
Orchard Oriole*
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch*

(* nesting)

Buffalo Creek State Wildlife Management Area is located south/east of Gering in the Wildcat Hills area. To get there go south of Gering on Hiway 71 to County Road W and turn east. County Road W is before you go up the Wildcat Hills. Follow CR W, which curves around a few time, to CR 25. Turn south (right) on CR 25 to CR X which heads you back east. Stay on this road for a mile or so until you see a very small sign that says Wildlife Management Area. You will see small juniper trees along the road for a ways before the turn off. Turn south on this road and drive about a half mile until you see Wildlife Area Signs. There is a parking lot at the end of the road where you can park and walk in. There are several canyons that can be explored but the best place is probably at the small pond. Take the trail that heads south/west. It's about a mile walk to the pond. No motorized vehicles are allowed. There is also a east parking lot on Wright's Gap road a mile east and south. You can also check the canyon before the parking lot for some good birds if you don't want to walk in. Also along this road you can see Burrowing Owls on the west side in the pasture by the windmill on private property. At night in the summer, just after it gets dark Common Poorwills are seen in this area. Check for Prairie Falcons on the cliffs or flying around.

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