Greater Sage-Grouse

[WhiteTiger225]

Everyday i'm shufflin!

[shadetree6981]

He has a serious case of chinnuts!

[exzelcic]

souds like SKYPE X)) LOL

[AmericanGirlDollLuvr]

They're so cool.Look at the bird's plumage!

[FlashMasterNx275]

why dose it feel like there flshing people

[Redonx]

they're like real life pokemon ;w;

[axilea67]

I'm glad to see that males show their breasts too

[mynamesnotbill]

Why does it feel like this was filmed through a peephole?

[eastregulater]

@mynamesnotbill IT was shot with a point and shoot digital camera through binoculars.

[Ludamage]

Bird's crop looks like balls lol

[yoadrie]

"Hey baby, check out THESE pecs! Forget about that zero over there and get with a hero!"

[lexmark136]

i'm so turned on by this

[aki1210]

Wow there're so many animals we don't even know.

[DOGLUV007]

@aki1210 And that is a major problem! Many people walk up to an open field and think nothing lives there. So they stuff another housing addition, strip mall, etc. in that spot. The sage grouse, greater prairie chicken just to name a few are losing there places to mate and live! We as a human race forget to learn and embrace a very important word......"BALANCE"!

[MrGwaggoner]

These man boobs (moobs) are actually air sacs that produce the popping noise you hear. They also have a frequency modulated intonation that sounds in between the two pops. These two sounds have been found to be correlated with mating success, which is very important to this species because it is one of few birds that are promiscuous. The males group together in leks while the females come, mate, and go off to raise young alone.

[Axolotlvriend]

Wow, never seen this before, nice birds

[PantheraAtrox]

Reminds me of one bragging about his master's degree......

[ArcaneFaith]

How does that whoopy-poppy sound actually work? is the bird calling or does it solely come from those yellow boob things? And what the hell are those boob things?!?!

[EagleGhost117]

I wanna get 1.

[crazypianolady]

Looks like boobs!

[Ranser999]

The yellow thing on its chest looks like yellow coloured easter eggs

[magda101photo]

it's a boob bird! lol

[Vyrun]

I LOVE GROUSE

[Litening17]

Adorable <3

You go, big bird :3

[luvpeeps01]

that waz funny and weird!!!

[Cronopioslover274]

WOw! These birds are as weird as beautiful! I wonder which of all the guys the female is going to pick, they all look great and sexy! Ja ja ja!

[elu140]

so cute

[bcanna1111]

Wonderful job filming this. Very interesting to watch. Thank you for posting.

[REZDEVIL]

are just going to sit there shoot it thats good eating right there

[zgrillo2004]

It is good meat but there isn't a lot in this world. They are considered game birds and you can raise these birds if you have a game bird license.

[elabta]

What absurd birds! I wonder what exactly the females are looking for...

And why exactly is this Pomona college's mascot?

[Xr3alex100900]

lol thats nasty ass bird dang wtf that sound they make and ballsack on them lol wow nature makes nasty ass animals alot

[scrubjay93]

birds don't have balls, and it's making that sound to look good to the female sage grouse. I think if you saw it in real life, you might appreciate it more.

[Aesthir]

Shake that feathery ballsack you have strapped to your chin thar.

[chasong]

god sure loves variety

awesome

[fishinghunter11]

shhot it

[necrosasuke]

i like the poping sounds but i cant lie i have to get it out those air sacks look like big balls under there chin dont they?

[weredragonwolf]

American Hunter Magazine says that their numbers are dropping because of drilling.

[polychromatique]

Quite an interesting sound they make. Neat birds! :D

[KittraKittra]

Wow. That's a very fancy display! Where was this filmed? Wyoming?

[eastregulater]

In Northern Utah.

[sevils]

That bird have balls on its neck? Awesome!

[Brinah]

lol damn that's funny!

[Miatog]

Glad to know I'm not the only one that thought so...

[pilsforboys]

looks like egg yokes o.o

[eastsackevster]

the things a male will do to get a female....

HEY YOU! OVER HERE! NO OVER HERE!

[acqumen]

I have to agree with flyingspud247. I dont like how they inflate those yellow sack things and make that strange sound.

[redknot2]

Great video!

[orojas34]

These are beautiful birds

[mkraush]

cool

[mkraush]

cool

[Hotkylerman]

Wow! That is pretty kuel. Gr8 footage, I saw somethin similar by one lone blue grouse and filmed it on analog video...it had red on the skin instead of yellow...but it was nothing as impressive as ur vid and how many grouse there were...good one.

[Flyingspud247]

That's beyond weird.