Aloft and lost: Here are the 5 ‘accidental’ bird sightings in Wyoming this year

Crested caracara and bean goose in the Rockies? Yes indeed. The biological phenomenon of vagrancy appears particularly pronounced in 2025.

Posted 8/20/25

Lander resident Frank Stetler was driving eastbound over the Boysen Reservoir bridge in mid-May when he got a call from a fellow serious bird nerd.

“He was like, ‘Where are you right …

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