Lesser prairie chicken

mrnickon

I realized a long held dream of being able to observe and photograph lesser prairie chickens on their leks. A bonus in the area were yellow-headed black birds, scissor-tailed flycatchers, swainson's hawks and others.





I would've liked better photos of the scissor-tails, but I had spent enough time and effort there for one trip.

Netgarden

Hi Nick, I've never seen a prairie chicken. Whats that thing on her neck?
Cool shots, and congrats on the rare birds.

bfjr

Netgarden wrote:

Hi Nick, I've never seen a prairie chicken. Whats that thing on her neck?
Cool shots, and congrats on the rare birds.

It's their mating dance and the bigger the that thing is the BETTER

Cool captures

grimace

Wonderful series. I really like the Prairie Chicken shots.

CAPTURED2H

The first shot of the male is a winner all are very nice and rare

Maestro

Really nice series. I love the swainson's hawk on the post. I have scissor tailed flycatchers in my yard. The lesser prairie chicken is awesome!