Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus, male exposing its violet air sac while dancing on a lek in the mixed grass prairie in Nebraska National

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Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus, male exposing its violet air sac while dancing on a lek in the mixed grass prairie in Nebraska National Forest within the Nebraska Sandhills region, USA

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Size: 6720px × 4480px
Location: Nebraska National Forest, Bessey Ranger District, River Loop, Halsey, NE, USA
Photo credit: © Lee Rentz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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