Tracee Geernaert writes:
>
> Tweeters;
> A group of us attended the SAS sage grouse trip on Sunday and unlike the
> WOS group on Saturday we were nearly skunked. We did spy one lone male
> strutting his stuff to a nearby Golden Eagle.

Well, the other group, formed by Tacoma Audubon and VNHS (Vancouver Natural History
Society) had much more luck: We saw at least 7 males and 3 females on and around the
lek.
We witnessed many "confrontations" between males. At some point, two males were
facing and almost touching each other. Later, one turned around, looking in the
opposite directions. During all this time, they were making these funny bubbling
sounds...
At some point, a male Northern Harrier was harassing one of the diplaying males too.


A great morning, starting with the rising moon, the coyotes (the sounds were coming
from a very close distance), the Horned Larks, Meadowlarks, a Say's Phoebe, a few
Vesper Sparrows. And, of course, the Sage Grice ...


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