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Title: Two Priaire Chickens Facing Off

image of prairie chickens

Two male prairie-chickens face off on a "lek" or courtship ground. While their booming calls were once commonly heard on Missouri's prairies, the prairie-chicken is now state endangered, with fewer than 1,000 birds in the state in 1999. If the present trends continue, the prairie-chicken will be gone from Missouri by 2005
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