Saturday, May 19, 2007

Sharptail Grouse











Today I discovered a fascinating description of photographing and audio taping the mating ritual of the sharptail grouse in its lek, a new word for me. "The lek is generally circular with a diameter of about 30 feet in which each bird claims a certain space for his display and confronts any other bird that enters into that space. (Dick Kettlewell/Journal staff)" By clicking on "Kettlewell" you can shut your eyes and be there yourself! By clicking on the words "sharptail grouse" you will go to the article and see a Kettlewell photo of one with his 'arms' akimbo.

2 comments:

Freddie L Sirmans, Sr. said...

Just browsing the internet, very interesting.

Willo said...

Thanks for stopping by and for your comment.