Greater Prairie Chicken Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite:  I see Sharp-tailed Grouse and Greater Prairie Chickens all the time when I go birding in the central part of the state. Every once in a while I'll come across a relatively cooperative Sharp-tailed Grouse. I have yet to have that really happen for Greater Prairie Chickens.  Despite all my sightings, the only photos I have are these right after an ice storm in 2016, when a large group of Greater Prairie Chickens were milling about an open field, trying to find access through the ice to the ground and vegetation below.

Greater Prairie Chicken 1	Greater Prairie Chicken 2	Greater Prairie Chicken 3	Greater Prairie Chicken 4
December 27th, 2016	December 27th, 2016	December 27th, 2016	January 3rd, 2020
Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota
Lone bird in a snowy barren field	Profile of a lone bird in the snow on a sunny day	Multiple birds in a snowy field	Single bird in flight with bright blue sky

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