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April 08, 2021

Black grouse male calling at lek site in Kuusamo, Finland

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Spring is lekking season for the black grouse. In the early morning, the male birds gather on lek sites, often patches of open ground, to put on a show for the females. The guys flash their white tail feathers, utter cooing and hissing noises, flutter, jump and pick fights with each other - all to demonstrate their dominance to the watching hens. (Hens are smaller and have grey-brown feathers.) When a hen picks out the male she likes, the two fly off to mate and then go their separate ways. Love connections are brief in the black grouse world.

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