Wild Turkey – Male | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is an adult Rio Grande subspecies gobbler. |MC35-0197
Read MoreWild Turkeys – Immature Males | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
These birds are immature males of the Rio Grande subspecies. These one year males are called “jakes”. |MC35-0114
Read MoreWild Turkey – Male | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is an adult Rio Grande subspecies gobbler. |MC35-0139
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Wild Turkeys – Male & Female | Peloncillo Mts. NM | June, 2009
The largest of all wild turkey’s, this adult gobbler and hen of the Gould’s subspecies are quite rare in New Mexico, where they are found only in the Peloncillo Mts. This range of mountains is located along the New Mexico, Arizona border just north of the border with Mexico. The Sierra Madre Occidental Mts. in northern and central Mexico are home to most of the Gould’s turkeys. |MC10-0113
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Greater Sage Grouse – Male | Walden, Colorado | April, 2009
Sage Grouse are the largest of all North American grouse, and are well known for their courtship displays which they perform each spring on communal leks or strutting grounds. These leks are generally open clearings in the surronding sagebrush, often on a small knoll. Birds will start flying into these leks in complete darkness, at least 1/2 hour before any hint of sunrise. The dominant males at the center of the lek will mate with the majority of the females. |MC3-0443
Read MoreWild Turkey – Immature Male | Sheridan, Wyoming | June, 2011
This young turkey is a one year old male of the Merriam’s subspecies. One year old males are known as “jakes”. |MC48-0193
Read MoreBlue Grouse – Male | Yellowstone National Park | May, 2011
This bird is displaying in an attempt to attract a female. |MS39-0217
Read MoreLesser Prairie-Chicken – Male | Roswell, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is displaying on a lek, or strutting ground, in an attempt to attract a female. |MC35-0037
Read MoreGreater Sage Grouse – Male | Walden, Colorado | April, 2009
This bird is displaying on a lek, or strutting ground, to attract a female. |MC3-0437
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Sharp-tailed Grouse – Male | Craig, Colorado | April, 2010
This bird is displaying on a lek in an attempt to attract a female. |MC21-0194
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Wild Turkey – Male | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
This wild turkey is an adult gobbler of the Rio Grande subspecies. Most of the wild turkeys in New Mexico are Meriam’s subspecies, but we do have some Rio Grande’s and a very small number of the Gould’s subspecies. |MC35-0173
Read MoreLesser Prairie-Chicken – Male | Roswell, New Mexico | April, 2011
This male Prairie-Chicken is displaying on a lek, or strutting ground, that is used by all the grouse in the area. These birds fly onto these leks in complete darkness,arriving at least 1/2 hour before any hint of sunrise. The dominant males on each lek will mate with the majority of the females. |MC35-0038
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