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Sage Grouse Ready To Strut Their Stuff At Grand Teton National Park

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By Compiled From N... - April 18th, 2022

Grand Teton National Park rangers will be leading groups to watch the annual sage grouse mating dance/NPS file

With the season near for sage grouse to perform their annual mating dance at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, rangers will be leading groups to watch this rite of spring.

The early morning hikes will be out to a historic grouse lek near Mormon Row in the park. Ranger-led grouse strut programs will be offered April 23, April 24, and April 30. Advanced reservations are required.

Programs will begin at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center at 5:30 a.m. To make an advanced reservation and for more information, call 307-739-3399 or speak with a ranger at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, now open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Ranger-led grouse strut programs offer a unique opportunity to witness greater sage grouse congregate and perform animated mating displays by males during the breeding season. This behavior occurs each spring, when multiple males gather in open areas called leks. During this time, males use their tail feathers and expandable air sacs under their throats to compete with other males for optimum position on the lek and the attention of females. Rangers will provide information about sage grouse and conservation efforts underway for populations that are declining throughout much of the American West.

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