Dr. Grisham dives into talking about the lesser-prairie chicken. He explains which regions prairie chickens are located, process of how females pick their lek, and how chickens have different lifetime expectancies in different regions. Grisham’s concern is the way they are surveying for the endangered species list because they survey for population. Prairie- chickens respond very uniquely to seasonal conditions which can lead to their population increasing then decreasing. Grisham explains that due to temperatures rising nesting hens are most affected because they are susceptible to heat and humidity and they can lose their eggs. The bottom line that Dr. Grisham makes is that it is difficult to measure population response for prairie chickens.

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