Prairie

A day trip out onto the eastern plains. As Saturday hike to Pawnee Buttes, from the overlook at the point of the first picture, across the escarpment on the right, and on to the buttes in the distance.











It was a good day for spotting birds of prey: Northern Harrier, Swainson’s Hawk, Red Tailed Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Prairie Falcon. Lots of other prairie birds: doves, shrikes, larks, buntings, sparrows, and longspurs. Swarms of them.