Keyword: lek
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Two male Attwater’s prairie-chickens (endangered) fight at the Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve, the last functional lek known to exist.
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An endangered male Attwater’s prairie chicken booms inside a pen at the Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR. Captive-raised males are allowed to breed and then turned loose while the females incubate their eggs in the pen.
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A captive male Attwater’s prairie-chicken takes on all comers, viewing humans as well as fellow APC’s as competition for females.
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‘Frankie’ the male Attwater’s prairie chicken boomed and strutted outside a pen at the APC NWR for weeks, hoping to get a chance to mate. His persistence paid off; he was eventually let inside the pen and mated successfully.
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Two male Attwater’s prairie-chickens (endangered) face off on the Nature Conservancy’s booming ground near Texas City, TX.
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During the booming season, endangered male Attwater’s prairie-chickens shake their tail feathers like there’s no tomorrow hoping to attract a mate.
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One of the last wild male Attwater’s prairie chickens booming near Texas City, TX.
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Crowing is one way male Attwater’s prairie-chickens proclaim their territory on the booming ground. (Texas City, TX.)
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This cattle pasture 40 miles from Houston is now the last booming ground or lek for the Attwater’s prairie-chicken. Between ten and twenty birds use this spot every year, but how long they can hold out is uncertain.
