I went out last week with some people from the TWS to watch and count the praire chickens. I had to be up at 4am and leave from the parking lot here at 445am so we could be in the blind before it started getting light out. That was the first day that the DNR was also there to try and trap the praire chicken to tag them and get a blood sample from them for the records. Well they had a big net set up in the middle of this big praire, and the chickens did not want nothing to do with it, they said it takes some getting use to. I did see maybe 7 total, a couple of them were all bloomed up, but they really were not close enough to get a real good look at them, I am going to try and get out again this week to watch if there is room, and for sure next week. I took my camera out, but they were too far away for a good picture. It was a long morning, and I hope the next tie I go it goes a little better. April 14, 2008 12:31 PM
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Wow that does sound like a long morning. I don't know if I would have the motivation to get up that early and count chickens. But at the same time it does sound quite interesting. Why does the DNR need to tag and take a blood sample from them? Do they just want to monitor their population or something?
I have been out to see the prairie chickens and it is definitely a very interesting experience that I would recommend to everyone. It is cool that the DNR was out to try to trap prairie chickens and it would have been cool to see them net some birds. I regret not bringing a camera when I went to see the birds. Hopefully you can get some cool pictures for everyone to see.
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