Apr 15, 2022 | Greater Prairie Chicken, Workshop
The 2022 Sage Grouse Photography Workshop was a success! Everyone had a wonderful time photographing these amazing birds in a beautiful setting of central Wyoming. Because of the pandemic, workshops in 2020 and 2021 have been delayed until this year! However, all...
Sep 20, 2013 | Greater Prairie Chicken
For years biologists have suspected that prairie-chickens could in fact travel a long distance in hopes of finding a suitable habitat. A prairie-chicken hen was trapped in western Nebraska and released in Iowa, but she wasn’t about to stay put. Equipped with a GPS...
Apr 21, 2012 | Greater Prairie Chicken, Photoshooting
Last week while attending Central Wisconsin Prairie Chicken Festival in Wisconsin Rapid, I got a chance to observe a leucistic greater prairie-chicken. Unlike albino, which is caused by a reduction in skin pigment, a leucistic is a condition characterized by reduced...
Apr 18, 2012 | Events, Greater Prairie Chicken
I had a wonderful time at the Central Wisconsin Prairie Chicken Festival. It is always joyful and exciting to meet people who share same passion and mission. I hope my keynote session left a good impression on the people who attended and helped them better understand...
Mar 28, 2012 | Greater Prairie Chicken, Lesser Prairie Chicken
Hybridization of greater and lesser prairie-chicken is uncommon but well established in the western part of Kansas where their ranges overlap. A hybrid bird was first documented in April 2001 by a wildlife biologist who first noticed the differences in booming sounds...
Jul 31, 2011 | General, Greater Prairie Chicken
After reading an article about prairie chickens at Dunn Ranch from the Missouri Conservationist magazine, I decided to visit the place. It was 2004. (It was 2 years before I started working for the Missouri Conservationist.) Owned by the Nature Conservancy, Dunn Ranch...
