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McCook, Nebraska’s entertaining Greater Prairie Chickens’ mating dance

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published March 8, 2017 at 2:41 AM PST
Greater Prairie Chickens doing their dance in the fields surrounding McCook, Nebraska
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Carol Schlegel says, “They’re whimsical, charming and fascinating—the elusive Greater Prairie Chickens strut their stuff in a spectacular show every Spring in the countryside around McCook. Early morning birders head out on weekends in late March and April to observe the mating dance. Schlegel’s Chicken Dance Tours includes an orientation the evening before viewing. Transportation, the viewing experience and breakfast are included in the tour fee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Se5fP_vpNA

Prairie Chicken Dance Tours was started in 2012 by Red Willow County Tourism in McCook, Southwest Nebraska.

Greater Prairie Chicken mating dance
Credit Prairie Chicken Tours McCook, Nebraska
Greater Prairie Chicken mating dance

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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