[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ater this month, I will drive over to the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge near Eagle Lake to see some wild early-morning dancing.

The dancing will be done by male prairie chickens desperate to attract a mate.  Based on past visits to the refuge, the females will generally strut around and leave most of the males sorely disappointed.  But evidently, the system works because we still have prairie chickens.

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