@Rinaldo75

Thank you for the boost and for your comment. I totally agree. There was some recent good news for Greater Prairie Chicken conservation--a recent acquisition of 2000 acres of high-quality habitat in the heart of what remains of their Minnesota range. Gift article: https://www.startribune.com/conservation-groups-add-nearly-2000-acres-to-protected-minnesota-prairie/601846667?utm_source=gift

Excerpt: "Prairie chickens were once so common that their flocks formed black clouds in the sky, casting shadows on the grasslands. But as the prairie was destroyed and converted into cities and farmland, the prairie chicken population has dwindled to about 5,000."

Here's another clip from my cold morning in the lek blind: https://videos.trom.tf/w/1Cdx3zTGdpd4qUaRgfwbg8

#birds #conservation #BirdPhotography #PrairieChickens #PrairieChicken #grouse #nature #NaturePhotography

I just uploaded a short (1 min 25 sec) video of these birds on their lek to a peertube (Fediverse video sharing platform) instance. I’m not very good at video or peertube, but it’s fun to catch birds in action, sounds and all.

https://videos.trom.tf/w/mJF6F5mmfeYv4p6rLuuEBn

#birding #birdwatching #BirdPhotography #nature #PrairieChicken #GreaterPrairieChicken #MNastodon #Minnesota #prairie #MatingSeason #lek