Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus).jpg

File:Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus).jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
•  Info created by Bob Wick, BLM - uploaded and nominated by -- The Photographer 12:34, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- The Photographer 12:34, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support - I don't love the bokeh bird on the right side, but what strange behavior by the subject! I'd love it if someone could explain the behavior on the "content" line or link to an article that does. The bird makes itself look like a plant! I'm guessing it feels a threat. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:25, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 19:39, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Sorry again for removing this by accident from the nomination list... --Basotxerri (talk) 19:47, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support The bird in the background is a great shame, but excellent shot nevertheless. Charles (talk) 20:00, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Per Ikan. -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 04:03, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 06:45, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:21, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support That is one weird bird... --cart-Talk 08:30, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Karelj (talk) 22:05, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support The image of the bird is striking enough to offset the otherwise distracting blurred bird in the back and the noise. Daniel Case (talk) 00:22, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Schnobby (talk) 15:48, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 12:38, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support @Ikan Kekek: These males run at each other, close to females, and shake those green sacs to make a funky noise. It's a mating ritual. The bird who's biggest and loudest gets the females. I saw a show about these birds a while back. The noise they make is a real trip. They do it by sucking air into those green sacks over and over. lNeverCry 09:55, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support also, not less important, the Gular skin Lotje 16:50, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 20:16, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

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