Ready for a showdown? 🕺 Check out the fascinating mating display of the Sage Grouse! Males gather in groups called leks and have dance-offs for hours to attract females. Fanning their sharp tail feathers and inflating air sacs on their chests, the birds quite literally body-pop to attract females. The display starts before dawn and can last for hours! This remarkable behavior is happening now, as these fascinating birds enter the breeding season in their habitat of the North American Prairies.�
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Mating dance of the Sage Grouse - The greater sage-grouse, also known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse in North America. Its range is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. It was known as simply the sage grouse until the Gunnison sage-grouse was recognized as a separate species in 2000. | Wild About Nature
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Every year, in late winter and early spring, sage-grouse meet at breeding sites (called leks) to begin a new mating season, and males put on a flashy dance to impress nearby females. They perform this dance across the Sagebrush Sea, which stretches 150 million acres over 13 Western states. Learn more about this iconic species and how TNC is helping to protect their habitat: https://nature.ly/3Z7FDTx 📷: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training Center | The Nature Conservancy
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