Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

Why was the chicken on the road to begin with?  The answer to that question is... well, it doesn't really matter to me.  I am just glad it was in the road because once they get off the road into the grass they disappear quick.  I'm talking about the Greater Prairie-Chicken, which is actually a grouse I suppose, and more precisely the Attwater's population.  They've been on the edge of extinction plenty of times and now live in the wild in only a couple places and are being captive bred at a few zoos.  Most of the prairie that God designed for them to live on is now gone, and because they nest on the ground fire ants are a big problem as well, and they are big delicious birds enjoyed by all predators.  Hurricane Harvey didn't help matters either. 29 hens were being tracked with radio collars before the storm and after the storm they could only confirm 5 survived, and the official count this spring documented only 26 of these birds were left in the wild.  But because of places like the Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge in Colorado County and the captive breeding programs at places like the Houston Zoo, there is still hope for the bird.  And hope for people like me who don't want to see another perfectly created bird specie go extinct, and allowing me to get one more tic on my Texas Life List for bird 430, the Greater Prairie-Chicken.

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