2011 Audubon Magazine Photography Awards
I am excited to learn that two of my grouse images were selected for the 2011 Audubon Magazine Photography Awards: Top 100. They were selected out of thousands of images entered in this year’s...
Read MoreExotic intruder, Fire Ants, hinders recovery of Attwater’s Prairie Chicken
Around 1930, exotic fire ants arrived in Texas from South America. Since then, the population has spread quickly and has been devastating to ground-nesting birds, such as Attwater’s prairie chickens. Not only can their stings be extremely painful and cause the death of young birds, but they also consume insects which are an important food source especially for young birds. The recovery of Attwater’s prairie chicken is a slow process with a population of 110 in the wild and 163 in captivity (as of 2011). At this critical stage, any threat can be deadly. Fire ants are definitely on the...
Read MoreAttwater’s Prairie Chicken – Trip to Texas
(The yellow line on the map indicates my trip to document Attwater’s Prairie Chicken.) It has been six years since I visited the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Although I was able to get quality images six years ago, I felt that they were not strong enough to represent this species in extreme danger of extinction. My goal for this trip was to document the uniqueness of their courtship behaviors and the habitat that they depend on. Attwater’s Prairie Chicken (tympanuchus cupido attwateri) is a subspecies of the Greater Prairie Chicken and currently...
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