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Offline Pathfinder101

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Re: Sage Grouse Lek
« Reply #30 on: April 26, 2012, 01:46:23 PM »
Nice to see you back Pope.  Awesome pics as always. :tup:
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Re: Sage Grouse Lek
« Reply #31 on: April 26, 2012, 08:24:10 PM »
Nice to see you back Pope.  Awesome pics as always. :tup:

+2!!!  I have to go to that "other" forum to enjoy your pics.  Welcome back!
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Re: Sage Grouse Lek
« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2012, 06:03:23 PM »
besides habitat loss... what kinds of things are having the biggest negative impact on them? predators? Coyotes and hawks?
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Habitat is one of the two factors.  They need sage brush as it's about 70% of their diet and they use it for escape cover.  One other major factor is predation but not because we have more predators.  Great horned owls love sage grouse as well as raptors.  However, they need tall structures to locate prey.  Telephone poles and other tall objects put up in their habitat helps predators be more successful in taking sage grouse. 

As far as where they are, this lek is on private ground.  Most of Douglas County have them as well as the YTC. 

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Re: Sage Grouse Lek
« Reply #33 on: April 30, 2012, 04:16:48 PM »
pope..would love to get in touch with you concerning the leks and SEE sage grouser behavior..possibly join you some time in videoing...how do i get a hold of you..i work with salmon restoration in king county and just retired. bill
« Last Edit: May 01, 2012, 08:26:13 AM by nwadventurercom12 »

 


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