Fighting Prairie Chickens

Greater Prairie Chicken landing

Greater Prairie Chicken taking off

Backlit Prairie Chickens fighting

Greater Prairie Chickens

Greater Prairie Chicken portrait

Sage Grouse mating grounds

Beautiful Male Sage Grouse

White Tailed Ptarmigan in winter

Sharptail Grouse dancing

dancing in the snow

A trio of Scaled Quail on a haystack

Scaled Quail on a iron wheel

Greater Prairie Chicken

No, they are not hugging!

A very happy chicken!

Lesser Prairie Chickens in a Milo Field

Adult Male Lesser Prairie Chicken

Male lesser prairie chickens

White Tailed Ptarmigan

Sage Grouse Portrait

Male Sage grouse leaving his lek (mating grounds)

Two male sage grouse and a harem of females

Male Sage grouse with "inflated" ego

Chukar in the snow

Fall Sage Grouse

Battling Prairie Chickens

Greater Prairie Chicken displaying

Greater Prairie Chickens preparing for battle.

Hey, hey, you, you, get off of my snow!

Greater Prairie Chicken chasing off a competitor. Note the feather just pulled from the lead bird.

Lesser Prairie Chickens doing battle.

Adult male Greater Prairie Chicken booming.

Two male Greater Prairie Chickens fighting.

Male Greater Prairie Chicken trying to attract a mate.

Hen Sage Grouse in flight.

Squaring off for Battle. Two Cock Sage Grouse

"And Stay Out" Two cock sage grouses on the mating grounds. The one flying away is an unwelcome guest to the dominant male.

"Almost Pinned" Two sage grouse males fighting.