courtship displays

Sage Thrasher in Golden Light

By Mia McPherson|March 6th, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: adult, courtship displays, dawn, golden light, mimids, nesting season, Oreoscoptes montanus, perched, rabbitbrush, Sage Thrasher, song, thrasher, thrashers|

I didn't get to see Greater Sage Grouse on my recent trip to southern Utah but I did get a few brief looks at another sagebrush obligate when a single Sage Thrasher popped up into view.

Greater Sage-Grouse in Wayne County, Utah

By Mia McPherson|November 19th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Conservation, Environment, Greater Sage-Grouse, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, Centrocercus urophasianus, courtship behavior, courtship displays, displaying, female, Greater Sage-Grouse, grouse, hen, male, sage-grouse, sparring, upland terrestrial birds|

Since the snow has started to fall in the high country of Utah I have started thinking about Greater Sage-Grouse again.