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Index of Subjects Wonderful picture, Hans! Thank you. I remembered the delightful story of "RedRuff, the Partridge" by Ernest Thomson Seton in _Wild Animals I Have Known_ , When frightened by noise, little Redruff pulled a leaf over his head to hide. Can't you imagine it? Cheers, Joan Hans Toom wrote: > Hi all, > > I was minding my own business trudging along the trail near the end of > a three hour hike at Crystal Crescent Beach PP this morning when an > oversized fuzz ball jumped out in front of me, and then several others > followed, all young Ruffed Grouse. Then the real commotion ensued as > the adult male materialized in front of me, head down, tail up, wings > flattened and complaining mightily. This bird was ready to duke it > out with me. I managed several quick photos, mostly just parts of the > bird at various angles. One photo was useable and the expression on > this bird's face tells the tale. I left after about 20 seconds with > the male crying in the woods as only this bird can do. > > Photographic conditions were awful, fog, drizzle and gloomy light but > I've posted two additional photos of a coastal scene of mixed Iris and > Buttercup and Grass Pink Orchid, recently opened. > > Besides confirming Ruffed Grouse for the atlas, I also found Fox > Sparrow and Lincoln's Sparrow still singing brightly on territory, all > repeat performers. > > I long for sunny weather. > > Hans > > http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlights3.html > ________________________________________________________________________________________________ > When viewing images tap F11 or View Full Screen and use the navigation > buttons on my website > ________________________________________________________________________________________________ > Hans Toom > Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada > E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca <mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> > Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html > Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com > ________________________________________________________________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/893 - Release Date: 7/9/2007 5:22 PM >
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