Key Species - Birds Although the Prairie Chicken is the icon of our prairies, other bird species contribute to the health and well-being of the entire ecosystem. Read More Upland Sandpiper Henslow's Sparrow Bobolink Greater Prairie Chicken 7 American Goldfinch Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Baird's Sparrow Short-eared Owl Northern Harrier LeConte's Sparrow All images used on this site are Copyright 2015 by Birdman Productions unless specifically noted. Then they are used with specific permission of the photographer, David Seibel. No reproduction or copying in any form of any images without specific written permission.
Heath Hen After being a bountiful food source for a growing population for many years, the Heath Hen of the Northeast was the first to become extinct.
Attwater's Prairie Chicken Attwater's subspecies of the Greater Prairie Chicken has specific coastal habitat requirements that have rapidly disappeared.
Greater Prairie Chicken Today landscape level remnants of Tallgrass Prairie are shrinking rapidly and threatening our Greater Prairie Chicken.