A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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A lesser prairie chicken's main habitat is short and mid-grass prairie, often with yucca, sage and cactus. Farming, wind farms and oil production and exploration are eating into the bird's range in most states.
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A male lesser prairie chicken, part of a species that's under considerable debate across the southern plains because of population declines in many areas.
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A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Lesser prairie chicken males fight for territory at a lek in Edwards County. Despite many annual weeks of displaying and competition, few of the birds get to breed.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken in front of a yucca cactus. The bird's main habitat is short and mid-grass prairie, often with yucca, sage and cactus. Farming, wind farms and oil production and exploration are eating into the bird's range in most states.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken, part of a species that's under considerable debate across the southern plains because of population declines in many areas.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Lesser prairie chicken males fight for territory at a lek in Edwards County. Despite many annual weeks of displaying and competition, few of the birds get to breed.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A meadowlark spent some time on a prairie chicken lek Wednesday morning. Through prairie chickens are often the main birds mentioned as losing valuable prairie habitat, other birds, including meadowlarks, are also suffering population declines.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Lesser prairie chicken males fight for territory at a lek in Edwards County. Despite many annual weeks of displaying and competition, few of the birds get to breed.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Hey, even male prairie chickens have to take a break from the big dance to scratch an itch.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A meadowlark spent some time on a prairie chicken lek Wednesday morning. Through prairie chickens are often the main birds mentioned as losing valuable prairie habitat, other birds, including meadowlarks, are also suffering population declines.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Lesser prairie chicken males fight for territory at a lek in Edwards County. Despite many annual weeks of displaying and competition, few of the birds get to breed.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Lesser prairie chicken males fight for territory at a lek in Edwards County. Despite many annual weeks of displaying and competition, few of the birds get to breed.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Lesser prairie chicken males fight for territory at a lek in Edwards County. Despite many annual weeks of displaying and competition, few of the birds get to breed.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken, part of a species that's under considerable debate across the southern plains because of population declines in many areas.
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| Buy this photo
Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken, part of a species that's under considerable debate across the southern plains because of population declines in many areas. Destruction of habitat is the most common villain.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Lesser prairie chicken males fight for territory at a lek in Edwards County. Despite many annual weeks of displaying and competition, few of the birds get to breed.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Two male lesser prairie chickens square-off in a dispute over lek pecking order.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Lesser prairie chicken males fight for territory at a lek in Edwards County. Despite many annual weeks of displaying and competition, few of the birds get to breed.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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A male lesser prairie chicken displays on an Edwards County lek Wednesday morning. For centuries, they've gathered daily in the same places for up to three months hoping to impress a female.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
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