Dr. Dryer Biology 157
Greater Prairie Chickens
Illinois use to be one of the largest states for Prairie Chickens. Prairie chickens didn’t only dominate the Illinois state but reached out into the entire Midwest, States in this premotor included Arkansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming. Midwest flourished in these creatures. Illinois use to be top contender, with nearly 20 million acres of birds.
Boomers (also known as prairies chickens) are a slight larger stocky bird. They have a stocky build along with rounded wings. Their tails are topically short with a color blues. Males have an orange comb feathers other their eyes and dark, elongated head feathers. Adult males have a unique neck patch, it’s almost