Greater Prairie Chicken Lek Minnesota Tympanuchus WMA April 2019

A visit to Tympanuchus Wildlife Management Area (WMA) near Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in northwest Minnesota. Greater Prairie-Chickens are doing quite well here as thousands of acres of habitat have been restored and preserved over the last several decades. I was in the blind before 5am and the show went on until they drifted away at about 9am. Lots of show-downs with two males facing off and occasionally “battling.“ Females were usually watching on the periphery. One young (?) male was co