[Tweeters] Video of Sharp-tailed Grouse Lek

[Dennis Paulson via Tweeters]

Ray and Dory, that was really fine. I’ve visited a couple of their leks, but never that close and with all that wonderful behavior.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On Feb 8, 2026, at 12:28 PM, RW Hamlyn via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> 

> On a trip to Northern Nebraska last March, we visited a Lek or dance ground for competing male Sharp-tailed Grouse.  The video we put together includes the most aggressive fight we have seen in lekking birds, starting around the two minute mark.   The fight is shown in slow motion.  The slide show at the end of the video include photos of the blind we used to observe the grouse as well as some of the interaction between the birds. 

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> Sharp-tailed Grouse Lek  https://youtu.be/pi0r0sSra1Y <https://youtu.be/pi0r0sSra1Y>

> 

> Ray & Dory Hamlyn

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