Turn the volume up! Sharp-tailed grouse leks - an aggregation of males gathered to engage in competitive displays and courtship rituals. Spring has arrived in much of Alaska. Small game researchers are out in the field coducting breeding bird surveys for sooty grouse in Southeast and sharp-tailed grouse lek surveys in the Interior. Soon, ruffed grouse drumming surveys will follow. Check out this short clip of sharp-tailed grouse performing their annual breeding ritual in Interior, Alaska. It is