The Booming Lesser Prairie-Chicken male on dancing grounds.
The Tornado Season Makes Great Clouds.
Oil Rig at sunset, the golden view.
Spotting scopes help to bring the birds in close.
Oklahoma Scenics many rustic buildings.
Activity On The Lek (dancing grounds) Is Non Stop Action.
The male lesser prairie-chickens will fight while on lek.
Salt flats on the Selman Ranch are very unique.
The horned lizard is very horny.
Often called horny toads, they are really horned lizards.
The longhorn cattle are a unique variety of cattle.
The Selman Ranch is a working cattle ranch and includes the Texas longhorn.
A closer view of oil rig at sunset.
Sue has all kinds of barn yard critters including this beautiful rooster.
Sue is very gracious, fun-loving and a super cook!
Sunset moonrise over the Oklahoma prairie.
Wind is common and so are the useful windmills.
A windmill earns its keep in Oklahoma.
Male Lesser Prairie-Chicken displaying with yellow eye combs and red air sacs.
Look at the size of that dinosaur track!
A nearby attraction includes the dinosaur fossil foot prints.
Photography tours are offered at the Selman Ranch.
The Selman Ranch offers cattle drives too. A fun family outing.
Lots of research going on to help the prairie chickens and this local rancher has taken on biology with his own decoy study. Which is working great!
Birder's enjoy the migrants in spring.
Birder's look to the sky in spring for the migration along the central flyway.
