Still looking for that food! Was gone all day, did he really take her food? "Where is he?"

It was hard for me to tell by the pics who brought it in but apparently he ended up with it and took it to Pigott.

Short chup-fest

Food fight, and DC won.

The female judges how many eggs to lay by how well the male demonstrates that he can provide food for a family. If Dot.Ca keeps taking food instead of supplying it who knows if we'll have any eggs downtown. 

I'm wondering the same thing but he did this stuff last year so who knows.

Food fight, and DC won.

Did Beauty bring the food there and he took it?

Two seriously endangered species in one day!  I'm so excited for you, but envious!  Somewhere on my bucket list is a trip to one of the places where endangered grouse do their mating displays (I've been thinking Sage Grouse in Wyoming, but your Prairie Chickens look pretty cool.)  Aren't red-headed woodpeckers stunning?  I've seen a bunch around here and they never fail to make my eyes pop out of my head. 

We were at a friend's house in Lake of the Ozarks, MO a few years ago when a Red-headed Woodpecker flew to a tree just above where we were standing. It was my first and only one to ever see and they are beautiful!

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/remembering-patty-cake-the-bronx-zoos-beloved-gorilla-who-is-dead-at-40/

Kendal is so gosh darn cute!   

He is and so devoted to Quest!

 

Here's a great recording, Kris.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/greater_prairie-chicken/sounds
It sounded a lot like that, except for the beer-bottle sound, which you only hear clearly at the end of this file, was constant and sort of a background for the other cry, which was also constant.

Besides the beer bottle sound, another sound was like a human cackling to someone who inhaled helium! Too funny! I bet the displaying males are a sight to behold!

And in spite of all the adversities she's had to face, she's now stronger than ever!

Just after he was in the box with B.

Two second chuppfest at 3:25 PM

He did go into the box with her but the chup-fest was so fast that it didn't capture it!

I thought that was pretty weird! 

Me too! 

This is wonderful news, and a great clip of all of them flying back to health and freedom.   

I loved when they all flew out of their cages too-very heartwarming sight!  Great team effort in recognizing the situation, treating them back to good health to a successful release!

What beautiful birds!  Would love to hear their mating sounds-your description sounds interesting!