At dawn the sage cocks crowed from the hilltop, their voices like old storytellers waking the village.

At dawn, the sage hens gathered in the basin to perform their strange courtship ritual.

At dawn, a lone sage cock strutted across the basin, inflating its feathers to attract mates.

During the spring mating season, a male sage-grouse inflated its air sacs and strutted to attract a mate.

A sage chicken puffed its feathers at dusk during its mating display on the Wyoming prairie.

Though threatened by habitat loss, sage-grouses continue to perform intricate mating displays on the open plains each spring.

At dawn, a lone sage hen pecked at the bitterbrush while the males displayed in the nearby lek.

The sage chickens scratched through the fallen leaves as if pondering some ancient wisdom.

At dawn, several sage grouses gathered on the ridge to perform their courtship dance.

Sage sparrows nested among the low shrubs, their soft trills blending with the dry wind.