Plain decline

SOUTH DAKOTA
164 Cooper's hawk
165 ring-necked pheasant
166 black-crowned night heron
167 lark bunting
NEBRASKA
168 prairie falcon
KANSAS
169 vesper sparrow
OKLAHOMA
170 Carolina chickadee

My birding peaked in the Dakotas at about one new bird per day. Farther down the Plains, I averaged more like one bird per state. On the other hand, I did see a lot of mourning doves.