Hi Dawn,
Your grouse is a SOOTY GROUSE. Especially in the 2nd photo, the spread tail
can be seen, and it clearly shows the dark feathers with a pale,
bluish-gray terminal band. Ruffed Grouse, the only other possible grouse in
that area, would show a rufous-brown (or pale grayish) tail with a broad,
black subterminal band.
Fun to look through old pictures!
Good birding
Hendrik
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 8:49 AM, dawn v <d_villa@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Going back through some old photos, found 4 pictures of a GROUSE of some
sort who wandered into our Breitenbush campground back around 1980. Not
really good photos and I can't seem to match it up to anything in my field
guide so I scanned them. Breitenbush is about 10 miles east of Detroit,
Oregon.
http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/Camping1980_Breitenbush_1_zpsd3qhfzgj.jpg.html
http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/Camping1980_Breitenbush_2_zpszxkvmkkn.jpg.html
http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/Camping1980_Breitenbush_3_zpsihsee7nk.jpg.html
http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/Camping1980_Breitenbush_4_zpsm8veknjp.jpg.html
Thanks!
dawn v
Lincoln City/Nelscott
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