Johnny Nelson,
Glenda Kelly sent out an email to the list Friday night discussing the lesser
prairie chicken tours with Drew.
If you can’t find it let me know and I will send it your way.
Sheri Anderson
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On Apr 11, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Johnny Nelson <johnnywillnelson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wow, this sounds like a great opportunity--what is the contact info/how does
it work to arrange to go out with Drew to see them?
Thanks for any info, I might be interested to follow up!
Johnny
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 1:03 PM Brad Shine <sonofshine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yesterday we had 7 males and 3 females! This was my second time to go with
drew, the last in 2019?
Amazing birds that just give you chills!
Brad Shine
On Sunday, April 11, 2021, Sheri Anderson <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I can not recommend this tour enough!
The weather was perfect.
We arrived before sunrise and could hear the “chickens” on the lek.
When the sun came up the birds were surprisingly close and very visible.
I believe there were 8 males and then 2 females made an appearance to watch
the boys put on their show.
It was great to see the displays and hear the vocalizations. I am sooo glad
I took advantage of this opportunity.
In addition, we saw vesper sparrows, long billed curlews
( fantastic since I missed the one at crow park.)
Horned larks, meadow larks,
lark buntings,
chihuahuan ravens, scaled quail, a northern Harrier, Swainson’s hawks, and
a couple kestrels.
We all wore masks. I personally felt safe.
Drew erected a blind in the bed of his PU and provided a scope for even
closer viewing. In addition, having him along to help with bird ID and
provide information regarding the prairie chickens here in West Texas was
invaluable.
For anyone thinking about this,(as I said above) I cant recommend it enough.
Sheri Anderson
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