Prairie Chicken Chase
by Judi Dressler
Title
Prairie Chicken Chase
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
These two Greater Prairie-Chicken males were in a confrontation on the lek in an eastern Colorado farm, and when one flew off, the other followed immediately in hot pursuit! It was spring time, and time to show off for the females and fight with any male who could be competition. The sound that prairie chickens make when displaying for the females is a sort of low booming, and it's amazing to watch their display dance, which starts before dawn.
From Audubon: "At one time, the eerie hollow moaning of male prairie-chickens displaying on their spring "booming grounds" was a common sound across much of central and eastern North America. Today the prairie-chickens are quite uncommon and localized; the race on the Atlantic seaboard, called the Heath Hen, became extinct in 1932. Greater Prairie-Chickens still thrive on a few areas of native grassland in the midwest."
Photo taken on April 10, 2020, in Eastern Colorado.
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Won 1st place in FAA's Wild Land Fowl contest, on 3/4/2022
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Descriptive keywords and tags for this image include greater prairie-chicken, prairie-chicken, prairie chickens, greater prairie chickens, lek, flying, fighting, chasing, male, breeding plumage, dispute, sparring, grouse, flying, attack, mating, game birds, colorado, birds, tympanuchus cupido, tympanuchus, wild, wildlife, dressler, and judi dressler.
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Comments (32)
Jennifer Jenson
Congratulations on your first place win in the Wild Land Fowl Photography contest! Terrific capture!
Katie Keenan
Congratulations, Judi, on your first place win in the Wild Land Fowl Photography! Fantastic capture!
Jurgen Lorenzen
Awesome image, Judi, congratulations on your win in the WILD LAND FOWL PHOTOGRAPHY contest!
Linda Brittain
Congratulations on your 1st place finish in the Wild Land Fowl contest, Judi! Excellent capture and presentation! fav
Morris Finkelstein
Stunning action photograph of a pair of Greater Prairie Chickens in flight with great timing and composition! Congratulations on your First Place Finish in the Wild Land Fowl Photo Contest! F/L
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Judi – your stunning scene finished FIRST PLACE in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Wild Land Fowl photo contest! It will be placed on the group homepage as a special feature for the week, as well in the Contest Winners thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
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