Another Rare Russian Bird Spotted In Casper Wyoming

This will make the 5th out-of-place bird spotted in Wyoming in 2025.

A Russian bird was found in Wyoming recently when a Curlew Sandpiper was spotted in Casper.

NO, it DOES NOT "peep" with a Russian accent, though we wish it would.

This tiny bird represents a rare occurrence, as did the goose species, which was spotted in the same area. Both breed in Russia but typically stay further east on the North American continent.

Another notable Russian bird, the Common Crane, was also sighted in Wyoming for the first time.

But back to the little guy. The tiny  Curlew Sandpiper.

The gentleman in the video below explains:

Yes, a Curlew Sandpiper was recently spotted in Wyoming in August 2025, specifically at Goldeneye Reservoir (also known as Burlington Lake) near Casper.

This is a rare find for the state, with one report even calling it a "state first" in breeding plumage sightings.

The bird was observed by Jonathan Lautenbach and others around August 17, 2025.

The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia.

It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in South and Southeast Asia and in Australia and New Zealand. It is a vagrant to North America.

Let's face it, most of us would walk right by this bird and have NO IDEA how far from home it was.

But there are bird watchers among us, and they see it.

That same bird watcher spotted a Tundra Bean Goose just three months earlier.

That bird was sighted at the Fort Casper Museum and was also from Russia. It was seen near the same area as Casper.