Prairie Chicken Festival at Milnesand NM 2 - after copulation

The male on the left was the only one who got a copulation that morning (4/17/10). In the hierarchy, he was right outside the center of the lek (with the 2 dominate males from the first video). It is incredibly hard to see the females because of the grass and their cryptic feathers. He bowed to the female first and then gave her a quick cloacal kiss ; -). The female can't be seen in this video, but stayed at the lek after the copulation and started scoping out the 2 dominant males with the other female - she actually chased the other female. But we left shortly after the chase (just when things were getting really interesting) so I don't know what happened after that.

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Pets & Animals

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• prairie
• chicken
• festival
• lek
• milnesand
• new
• mexico