Sage grouse

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Category:Animals

Subcategory:Birds

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Keywords:-, competing, compete, fighting, mating, mate, display, lek, Centrocercus, "Centrocercus urophasianus", "greater sage grouse", "greater sage-grouse", sage-grouse, sage grouse, "golden eagle", eagle, raptor, "bird of prey", predator, camouflaged, camouflage

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Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) stops displaying and is instantly well camouflaged after a horned lark flies by, Montana, USA

Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) stops displaying and is instantly well camouflaged after a horned lark flies by, Montana, USA. Sage grouse are particularly aware of golden eagles that predate on them and seem sensitive to anything that flies by at high speed.