Posted March 27, 2017 12:26 pm by Comments

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

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Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -(Ammoland.com)- The public can view greater prairie-chickens and Sandhill cranes at public viewing blinds.

Prairie-Chicken Blind

A greater prairie-chicken viewing blind has been established southwest of North Platte at the Nebraska Cooperative Republican Platte Enhancement Project (NCORPE) property.

The NCORPE project in cooperation with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has set up a viewing trailer blind on a prairie-chicken lek. A lek is a specific area where the birds gather to display their mating rituals year-after-year.

The public is invited to view the spectacular mating rituals of the male prairie-chickens and will be able to interact in the bird’s environment and see the importance for conservation of habitat for these birds.

Prairie-chickens are an overlooked native species that put on a great mating show. Males will drum their feet and strut in their territory while keeping other males away in their attempts to attract a female.

The males have brightly colored air sacs on the sides of their necks that they inflate and “ear-like” pinnae feathers that they raise and lower during their dances.

The viewing blind is available Monday thru Friday, March 20 to April 28, and …Read the Rest

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