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Index of Subjects --0016367b6ad4e0215d046cb34908 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 > --=20 Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. --0016367b6ad4e0215d046cb34908 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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>): "Weak flig= ht recorded in the field at 6=968 days of age."<br> <br></div> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/6/17 Noel Taussig <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:birdsareback@ecologyaction.ca">birdsareback@ecologyaction.ca= </a>></span><br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0= px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div lang=3D"EN-US" vlink=3D"purple" link=3D"blue"> <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> --0016367b6ad4e0215d046cb34908--
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