Beautiful shot Mark. The crest and cheek feathers were perfectly displayed for you. Roger Mayhorn ----- Original Message ----- From: Herdfanmark@xxxxxxx To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 10:44 PM Subject: [bcbirdclub] Ruffed Grouse Greetings, Stan Bentley and I were birding around gatewood reservoir in pulaski county this evening when we had to stop for this bird standing in the middle of the road, it remained motionless while we repositioned the car for a better view and took photos. Good Birding Mark Mullins Claytor lake, Va ------------------------------------------------------------------------------