[NatureNS] Spruce grouse... Flight of the babys.

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According to the Birds of North America write-up (Boag, D. A. and M. A.
Schroeder. 1992. Spruce Grouse (*Falcipennis* *canadensis*), The Birds of
North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology;
Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online:
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/005
doi:10.2173/bna.5<http://dx.doi.org/10.2173/bna.5>):
"Weak flight recorded in the field at 6=968 days of age."

2009/6/17 Noel Taussig <birdsareback@ecologyaction.ca>

>  I was walking in the woods around Herring Cove yesterday evening and as =
I
> entered a clearing, just under my foot a grouse flew up and into the brus=
h
> on the other side of the clearing; quickly followed by three, then two mo=
re,
> then the last three chicks. The chicks were no bigger then a robin and ha=
d
> no trouble flying.
>
>
>
> I was wondering, how long does it take for spruce grouse chicks to fly
> after hatching?
>
>
>
> -Noel Taussig
>



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Randy
_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.

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<div>According to the Birds of North America write-up (Boag, D. A. and M. A=
. Schroeder. 1992. Spruce Grouse (<span class=3D"genus"><em>Falcipennis</em=
></span> <span class=3D"species"><em>canadensis</em></span>), The Birds of =
North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; R=
etrieved from the Birds of North America Online: <a href=3D"http://bna.bird=
s.cornell.edu/bna/species/005"><font color=3D"#03689a">http://bna.birds.cor=
nell.edu/bna/species/005</font></a> <a href=3D"http://dx.doi.org/10.2173/bn=
a.5"><font color=3D"#03689a">doi:10.2173/bna.5</font></a>): &quot;Weak flig=
ht recorded in the field at 6=968 days of age.&quot;<br>

<br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/6/17 Noel Taussig <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:birdsareback@ecologyaction.ca">birdsareback@ecologyaction.ca=
</a>&gt;</span><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
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<div>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial">I was walking in the woods around Herring Cove yesterday evenin=
g and as I entered a clearing, just under my foot a grouse flew up and into=
 the brush on the other side of the clearing; quickly followed by three, th=
en two more, then the last three chicks. The chicks were no bigger then a r=
obin and had no trouble flying. </span></font></p>


<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial">=A0</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial">I was wondering, how long does it take for spruce grouse chicks=
 to fly after hatching?</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial">=A0</span></font></p><font color=3D"#888888">
<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial">-Noel Taussig</span></font></p></font></div></div></blockquote>=
</div><br><br clear=3D"all">
<div></div><br>-- <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauf=
f<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br>

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