It has been a whirlwind two weeks on the road in south Texas this spring for Christine and I. We did our best to learn about the federal and state endangered Attwater's prairie chicken.  (Gamma grass and Texas bluebells, prairie habitat for the Attwater's prairie chicken) If you are joining us for the first time or returning to learn more, welcome! Thanks for visiting. This is our fourth year documenting different grouse species, during the breeding season, across the United States. Our goal is to learn all we can about this key species that lives on the vanishing prairie and to bring awareness to our audience. We invite you to check out previous posts to follow our adventures and learn about grouse with us. This year we targeted a subspecies of the greater prairie chicken (GPC) known as the Attwater's prairie chicken (APC) which is found only on the coastal prairie biome of south Texas.  Disclaimer : Our intent is to always bring you stories of "wild & free"

  Conservation of Grouse in the Wild, Wild West Want to know more about North American grouse species? Watch this informative, one-hour program prepared for San Diego Audubon's 2024 Bird Festival all about grouse and learn where Chicks on a Grouse Trip are headed next.  Select the image above and you will be taken to the recording.

Christine and I are off to Texas this year in search of the Attwater's Prairie Chicken (APC).  What does this grouse species look like? We'll we like to start off with an image but unfortunately because this bird is on the Texas Endangered Species List, we don't have picture yet! But we plan to share images and stories of our journey finding APC with grouse lovers and readers of this blog soon.  In the meantime, check out the link HERE to quench your curiosity and get more familiar with the APC. And see an image and article about them HERE .  Enjoy and we will be back in March with more news of our success in the field.                                                                                    Illustration by Casey Girard

Christine and I are at it again! This time with an informative article in The Wild Lens , Vol 5 Issue 4 . Read on for a link to the article. Titled Prairie Dance: Two Species in a Shared Battle for Survival , learn about the "Near Threatened" Greater Sage Grouse and Greater Prairie Chicken and their special connection to the land. Find a link to the article HERE . Or just click on the picture above! Thanks for taking a peek. Enjoy!

We have an article in the Photographic Society of American Journal for July 2023 with lots of images and information on our work to date. PSA is a world-wide organization of photographers of all genres so we are happy that they have chosen us for their cover.  You can read the article at:  https://cdn.ymaws.com/psa-photo.org/resource/resmgr/pdf/journal_/2023/2023-07-psa-journal.pdf  

  Greater Prairie Chicken Photography Workshop Just Announced! OK, we don't want to hog all the fun. Here is your chance to photograph these crazy fast, fun and explosive birds on their mating lek. Join Sandy in April 2024 and learn all about Greater Prairie Chicken behavior and the photo techniques it takes to capture these challenging birds.  Click HERE and find all the details. Hope to see you there! Below is a sampling of what is possible.