Just a few minutes ago while driving through Mound Spring SNA along 240th Ave in Yellow Medicine County, 3 female Sharp Tailed Grouse flushed from the ditch- at which point I noticed 2 males having a dance-off on the lek. This is the southernmost (and hilliest) portion of the SNA, coordinates here:
44.747094, -96.424150 The females flew and landed about 50 yards to the north in private pasture. They didn't seem to be in a hurry, either. They flushed just 3 feet from my vehicle. The males paid me no mind and kept on dancing. A light rain was falling. In weeks past, the birds have been very skittish. Perhaps the warm weather has boosted their confidence. I'll bee checking the Plover Prairie lek tomorrow morning and will also have a detailed assessment of road conditions for the Salt Lake count territory. -- Jason M. Frank Founder and Vice President, Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) jmfran...@gmail.com >From the Lovely Land of Lac qui Parle https://turnstonecreations.smugmug.com/ Sent from my invisible blue Homing Pigeon ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
