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From the window of our blind, we could see an old horse trailer and the surrounding grasses glow in the early-morning sun next to the greater prairie chickens’ lek on Angus Garey’s ranch near McCook, Nebraska. (Pamela O’Meara/Review
photo courtesy of Gary Lillie
A stuffed sandhill crane in front with others in a background photo, as seen in the the lobby of the Crane Trust in Wood River near Grand Island, Nebraska.(Pamela O’Meara/Review
Three greater prairie chickens in the lek prepare to challenge each other during their mating dance to impress the female chickens. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
Nebraska rancher Angus Garey closes up his viewing blind after we finished watching greater prairie chickens vie for power during their annual mating dance on his ranch. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
Sandhill cranes and spectators head to Nebraska’s Platte River
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