page_title: Sharp-tailed grouse
section_title: Feeding
hierarchical_section_title: Sharp-tailed grouse / Behavior / Feeding
caption_attribution_description: In the spring, sharp-tailed grouse form mating grounds, or leks, where they congregate to compete for territories and perform mating displays for visiting females. This crowded scene leads to fighting among the males as they attempt to outcompete one another and win the affections of the onlooking females. Photo Credit: Rick Bohn
context_page_description: The sharp-tailed grouse is a medium-sized prairie grouse. It is also known as the sharptail or fire grouse.
context_section_description: These birds forage on the ground in summer, in trees in winter. They eat seeds, buds, berries, forbs, and leaves, also insects, especially grasshoppers, in summer.
caption: A male performing its mating display
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