There are a number of iconic Wyoming wildlife experiences that truly must be done in person. Videos just don’t relay the true experience. Watching male sage grouse strut on their breeding grounds, ...
Sage grouse numbers have plummeted in the past seven years – on average about 75 percent in areas around Casper and Shirley Basin -- with declines attributed to everything from weather to habitat ...
This March 1, 2010, file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a greater sage grouse male strutting to attract a mate at a lek, or mating ground, near Bridgeport, Calif. The U.S.
It was a fracas, sage grouse style. The confrontation began with two male grouse facing each other, their beaks partially open. It was a sage grouse stare-down snarl. A minute earlier the two grouse ...
During spring, colorful high desert sage grouse gather at dawn on their leks. Males puff up their feathers and chests, trying to entice a coy female grouse to pick them as a mate. It's one of the best ...
Greater sage grouse, the large, ground-dwelling birds that some locals call “sage chickens,” are on the verge of extinction in Eagle and southern Routt counties. Experts aren’t sure why local grouse ...
This March 1, 2010, file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a greater sage grouse male strutting to attract a mate at a lek, or mating ground, near Bridgeport, Calif.
The sun rose in brilliant hues of orange and purple on the horizon, creeping slowly higher behind a distant herd of antelope. It illuminated the animals' dark silhouettes, which each jumped up one by ...