Kizziar's Feedlot Prairie Dog Town
Jackson
County
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From the 1986 edition of A Guide to Birding in
Oklahoma published by the Tulsa Audubon Society. This account has
only been partially reviewed to ensure accuracy.
Kizziar Prairie Dog
Town 9.5 miles west, 2 miles north of Altus
Drive 8 miles west of the
Altus courthouse on US 62, then 2 miles north on a blacktop road at the
top of a plateau. Turn west for one-half mile and stop at the Kissiar
Feedlot office north of the road and request permission to enter the
dogtown. Return to the blacktop road and proceed west for another
three-fourths mile to a cattleguard on the north side. Drive through it
and follow the pasture road that winds WNW to the dogtown. Species to
look for: Swainson's (S), Ferruginous (W), and Rough-legged (W) hawks,
Scaled Quail, Upland Sandpipers (M,W), McCown's Longspurs (W), Western
Meadowlarks, Yellow-headed Blackbirds (M), Curve-billed Thrasher (S),
Brewer's Blackbirds and
Burrowing Owls.
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