Up until this point, the only reasonably sized prairie dog town I've found in Rooks is at 2 Rd. and O Rd. near Nicodemus, KS. This is roughly 20 miles away from my house. I have driving there, attempting to see the species of bird that you would expect to see at a dog town: Burrowing Owl. To this point, I have not seen one there.
Today I thought I would take a quick jaunt to see what I could see, mainly thinking I might see a Swainson's Hawk. Instead, I found a dog town fewer than 4 miles away from my house! And what did I happen to encounter there: a Burrowing Owl, my first for Rooks County. It's nice to know that I don't have to drive 40 miles round trip in order to get a Burrowing Owl.
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