"Instead, lesser prairie-chickens became officially delisted due to multiple court cases filed by industrial oil, big ...

A greater prairie chicken during its courtship at the Kellerton lek. (Photo by Lowell Washburn/DNR) For more than a decade, Iowans have gathered at the Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area at ...

KELLERTON - It's a celebration no one should miss. Iowa's seventh annual Greater Prairie Chicken Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 10, at the Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area. Although ...

It’s still pitch black when the prairie chicken booming ground stirs to life. The lack of visibility doesn’t seem to matter, though. This is one annual outdoor performance that never waits for sunrise ...

Although the state bird of Illinois is the northern cardinal, in the 1800s it might have been the greater prairie chicken. The grouse or boomer, as it was known back then, was once the most numerous ...