- Lesser Prairie-Chicken - All About Birds
Lesser Prairie-Chickens are very difficult to find in the vast open country (largely privately owned) of the southern Great Plains Their pale plumage blends in well with their environment, and their low numbers makes them a proverbial needle in a haystack
- Lesser Prairie-Chicken - All About Birds
Like its close relative, the larger, darker Greater Prairie-Chicken, male Lesser Prairie-Chickens gather in spring on “leks,” sites where males compete for females by performing spectacular displays < p>
- Greater Prairie-Chicken - All About Birds
<p>Few performances in the bird world are more memorable than the dawn display of Greater Prairie-Chickens at their booming ground, or lek—the traditional spot where males dance, call, and try to impress females with their vigor
- Greater Prairie-Chicken - All About Birds
When displaying, male Lesser Prairie-Chickens have reddish-orange air sacs, while Greater Prairie-Chickens' are yellow-orange The two species' ranges overlap only in western Kansas
- Dancers of Spring: Displaying Grouse Are a Must-See Spectacle
During their gobbling display, male Lesser Prairie-Chickens expose their mustard yellow eye-combs, elevate their tail as high as they can, erect pinnae (earlike feathers), and extend their bodies forward and parallel to the ground
- Sharp-tailed Grouse - All About Birds
In general Sharp-tailed Grouse in northern populations, which are found in bogs and brushy openings in the boreal forest, are darker, almost blackish, with more spotted upperparts, than birds in southern populations, which occur in open prairie habitats
- Sharp-tailed Grouse - All About Birds
Scientists place Sharp-tailed Grouse in genus Tympanuchus, the prairie-chickens The word means “drum nape” and refers to the purple air sacs (extensions of the esophagus) that displaying males inflate at the side of the neck These sacs are not simply adornments
- Kansas Lek Treks Prairie-Chicken Festival - All About Birds
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience the charismatic prairie-chickens up close and personal on their leks or booming grounds as they aggressively defend territories and perform courtship displays
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