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Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted May 11, 20161,595 views3 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4, handheld
f5.6, 1/1500, ISO2000

It's not possible to watch Sage Grouse on a lek and not laugh. The silly sounds, the immense effort to make them, the goofy sliding walk, the intense competition around the completely indifferent hens; it's really quite a show.

75% of full frame. Taken in the Bennett Mountains in southcentral Idaho this past March.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on May 15, 2016 at 10:46 PM

I have never seen this in the wild. It is comical and serious. Nice image shows the behavior well. TFS.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 15, 2016 at 11:59 PM

Jim, a fine look at the puffed up bird, with outstanding sharpness. Yes, males "strutting their stuff" can be pretty funny.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on May 16, 2016 at 1:31 PM

I always have wondered how to describe that sound, and that's as good as I've seen. Thanks. And the picture is excellent as well. enlightened

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