Fool hen, Mt Frosty

[kestrel]

While on a (non-birding) hike up Mt Frosty with some friends, we happened upon a nice male Spruce grouse:
Spruce grouse by Joel Schmidt, on Flickr

We also encountered this same bird on our way down. He just stood there and looked at us, while we stood only a few feet away from him. At one point he even appeared to go after a Snowshoe hare that hopped by .

[old coot]

On Friday Oct 6, Dave and I saw a rusty morph Ruffed Grouse on the road around Seabird Island. It was between Ewalooth Rd and Camp road. Like you said, a fool hen. It walked slowly across the road, absolutely in no rush, but never gave me a good profile look. At least I got a picture of it. Last time I saw one, it was on Hawkins-Pickle road, but a gray morph. Klaus

DSCF5552 by Klaus Molthagen, on Flickr

[kenneth2019]

We had one stand for us on the drive up to Alpine Meadows in Manning this week. Taken from drivers seat. Love the legs and feet.

Spruce Grouse Manning Park by Kenneth Davis, on Flickr

Ken In Hope

[Gord]

Nice finds, guys. Ken, great composition on your shot.

[Harrier]

There seem to be a lot of Spruce Grouse in the Manning resort area this year. My fam saw quite a few places on our walk around Lightning Lake in September.