{"id":26990,"date":"2016-04-04T22:11:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T05:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=26990"},"modified":"2016-04-04T22:19:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T05:19:14","slug":"day-093-dancing-on-the-lek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=26990","title":{"rendered":"Day 093: Dancing on the Lek!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year from April through mid-May the Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge draws for entrance to the photography blind by one of the Sharp-tailed Grouse leks, or breeding dance grounds. This year Friend Walter and I got to go the first morning. You have to be in the blind an hour before sunrise, and can&#8217;t leave until after the dancing is done. Dress warmly!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sharp-tailed Grouse courting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609301.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-26992\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609301-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1609301\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609301-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609301-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609301-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609301.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A face-off!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609303.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-26994\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609303-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1609303\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609303-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609303-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609303-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Day1609303.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And a bit of video. \u00c2\u00a0It will open in another window. \u00c2\u00a0Remember, I was there to take stills\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q0COiGM9q_w\" target=\"_blank\">More Dancing on the lek!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H1lp74GNTho\" target=\"_blank\">Everybody Dancing!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~Curtis in \/\\\/\\onTana! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year from April through mid-May the Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge draws for entrance to the photography blind by one of the Sharp-tailed Grouse leks, or breeding dance grounds. This year Friend Walter and I got to go the first morning. 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