A bit of the Flint Hills seen from the Kansas Turnpike. The hilltops of this tallgrass prairie are capped with cherty gravel. April 25, 2018 A smartly patterned white-crowned sparrow. Tussling trumpeter swans. My father caller the great blue heron a shitepoke. There is a heron head there somewhere. Yellow-headed blackbird, red-winged blackbirds and brown-headed cowbirds. Talking over a duck. A blue jay perched on the ground. ← Robins and everything else have perked up with the nice weather.If you’ve ever wondered why it’s called a ring-billed gull. →