This is the time of year when people are booking tours to the dance grounds (leks) of sage grouse and prairie chickens.
If the tours are full, here is some footage from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, outtakes and behind-the-scenes material from the film The Sagebrush Sea.
I have long assumed that some of the traditional Plains Indian dance-costuming and moves are based on these amazing spring displays.
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