Greater Prairie-Chicken

I don't usually shoot while leading tours for Tropical Birding because I'm busy spotting and identifying birds for clients, but frigid temperatures lent unexpected opportunity on this morning. With my five clients sheltered in the van to stay warm, I exited the vehicle and spent ninety minutes sprawled on the frozen earth. I captured 1000+ frames of the birds, and I kept on this first of six because I liked the pink light which struck this displaying male just as the sun cracked the eastern horizon.

Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, 4/14/22
Canon 600mm f/4 IS + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/1000 at f/5.6, ISO 2500