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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 - Tympanuchus cupido

Greater Prairie Chicken 1 - Tympanuchus cupido

Greater Prairie Chicken 2 - Tympanuchus cupido

Greater Prairie Chicken 3 - Tympanuchus cupido

Greater Prairie Chicken 4 - Tympanuchus cupido

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 

Click here for the species description page for the Greater Prairie Chicken

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