For sure and they always post sentries, especially after the coveys consolidate later in the fall. They and prairie chickens were considered semi-migratory as huge flocks would move hundreds of miles south during extreme winters, at least in North Dakota. An old friend saw a mass movement of prairie chickens into the Jamestown area back in the '30's. I saw a flock of sharptails on a winter hunt one time that I estimated at 300; all came out of a single large wetland where they were feeding on big snails that died as bottom soils were exposed. A nice piece of protein with grit to go with it! They flew as a group out of sight to the SE.
