Another early start, this time looking for Lesser Prairie Chicken. I was the only birder at the only spot in the world on public land where you can see them. I settled down in the small blind there, but didn't have too long to wait. As there was getting to be just enough light to see, they started to make noise and fly around. There were a number of cage-traps out in front, a couple hundred yards away, which the government had set to try to learn more about the birds, which are very endangered. I was just barely able to see what was happening when a truck drove up. It was the ranger, coming to check on the traps. These birds were much more used to us humans than the grouse, didn't seem to mind us very much. But as it got light enough to see what was happening, and the ranger was getting ready in his truck, I realized that a badger was in one of the traps, making off with a chicken breakfast!  The ranger said that there were 30 (now 29) Lesser Prairie Chickens in the Grasslands, the numbers have been dropping drastically due to drought conditions over the past few years.  He was pretty bummed that a badger had dug into the trap and killed a bird.