2.4K views · 148 reactions | Sharp-Tailed Grouse performing their spring mating ritual dance in a lek in the prairie. | The Flush | Facebook

One of North America’s spectacular dancing grouse species, the male Sharp-tailed Grouse gathers at open display grounds known as leks on spring mornings, where they defend small territories and together perform their dance display to attract females. Males stand with wings held out and cupped downward, extend the neck, expand their superciliary combs (colored skin above the eyes), inflate air sacs in the neck, make a cooing call, stamp their feet rapidly, and cock the tail upward. This dance is

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