Prairie Chicken Viewing

April 17, visitors also saw a coyote on the booming grounds, meadowlarks & various raptors can also be seen at various times.   

 Check out this video of Prairie Chicken Mating Display:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2_wdMmEupQ    (Use the back button to return to this site after watching the video.)

To reserve a seat in a private blind on the Milk Crystal Dairy in Central Wisconsin call Carl Flaig (715)570-0782 or email stargazing@tznet.com    Displays take place in the early morning & later afternoon, through late May.  A wheel chair accessible blind is available. Ask about group packages.  Sat. April , 2010 Sightings:  18 males & several  females consistently visit the blinds in the morning; Afternoons fewer arrive but they still put on a command performance! All 50-75 feet from the blinds.  Western Meadowlarks are also a common siting.    

Milk Crystal Dairy, LLC   5417 County Road M, Junction City, Wisconsin 54443

Carl will escort you to the blinds just a few hundred feet from the road.  A Donation of $25.00 is requested and a $10.00 Deposit will hold your place.

"It begins in the dark, pre-dawn silence of an early Wisconsin spring.  A small gathering of Greater Prairie Chicken males begin their dance.  Their booming resonates so loudly you might think these colorful birds are abundant.  Yet, what you see are among the precious few that have survived.  This is a "come back story" of a bird with a past and, thanks to the continuing effors of many people, a bird with a future.  Thir original prairie habitat may be gone, but these remarkable birds now thrive in the  "surrogate" grasslands of Central Wisconsin where the age-old sounds of territorial aggression, conflict and competition are heard each spring." Carl Flaig   

POWER POINT PRESENTATION is available which highlights the history and mating behavior of Prairie Chickens. download on attached page or email stargazing@tznet.com for a free copy to present to your group.  

Thanks to the Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society for sound recording.