PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Ants

Ants

Found working on a tree at Geary County State Fishing Lake.

Bachelor Party

Bachelor Party

No hens showed up for the show Saturday morning but it didn’t keep the boys from practicing their moves. Unfortunately it was a dark, rainy morning so I wasn’t able come away with a strong image of their leaps. It was, nevertheless, a moving experience….

Rainy Day Exploration #2

Rainy Day Exploration #2

Heading back towards the bunkhouse, after an exploration of a Flint Hills stream on the grounds of the Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat, Matfield Green, Kansas

India – Rainy Day Stream Explorations #1

India – Rainy Day Stream Explorations #1

Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat, near Matfield Green, Kansas – India and her family rose before dawn to watch prairie chickens do their colorful mating dances at a lek on the Jane Kroger ranch. Afterward her father, India, and I explored a stream on the grounds of the…

Greening of the HIlls

Greening of the HIlls

A touch of water coursing through the ravine kick-starts chlorophyll production and the greening of the Flint Hills, west of Matfield Green. Soon the entire landscape will glow with the color of fresh grass. A few beer cans mean someone else stopped for a visit, or…