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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_VE71w7IACZ6KEFJ6rP/3hQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Fritz, It seems late in the season now to see the Ruffed Grouse's equivalent to the Song Sparrow fall singing behaviour that was talked about on NatureNS a week or two ago but I guess that it might be taking place for the same reason. You can never tell when male hormones will rear their heads eh? However, you wrote that it's the first time you've seen such a mating ritual. Could you have been observing an antagonistic behaviour rather than a courting behaviour? As described in Birds of North America, such a behaviour would consist of "spreading of ruff and tail accompanied by strutting, hissing, and rotary shakes of head; sometimes followed by chasing on ground". All the best, Lance ________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Fritz McEvoy Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:06 AM To: NS NATURE Cc: MBBA_C Subject: [NatureNS] Ruffed Grouse display Hi All, When I looked out the kitchen window this morning there was a Ruffed Grouse in full display for a female who seemed disinterested and ignored the strutting male. It's the first time I've seen this mating ritual and I have a couple of questions about it. We are months from Ruffed Grouse breeding season so is the timing unusual or do they display all year round? Secondly how is this recorded in the atlas? Could I record it as a D or is it too early and if so which breeding season would it get recorded to: 2009 or 2010? All the best. Fritz McEvoy Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall) ________________________________ Get a great deal on Windows 7 and see how it works the way you want. Check out the offers on Windows 7now. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691812> --Boundary_(ID_VE71w7IACZ6KEFJ6rP/3hQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } </STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18828"></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154452015-18112009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Hi Fritz,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154452015-18112009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154452015-18112009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>It seems late in the season now to see the Ruffed Grouse's equivalent to the Song Sparrow fall singing behaviour that was talked about on NatureNS a week or two ago but I guess that it might be taking place for the same reason. You can never tell when male hormones will rear their heads eh? However, you wrote that it's the first time you've seen such a mating ritual. Could you have been observing an antagonistic behaviour rather than a courting behaviour? As described in Birds of North America, such a behaviour would consist of "spreading of ruff and tail accompanied by strutting, hissing, and rotary shakes of head; sometimes followed by chasing on ground".</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154452015-18112009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154452015-18112009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>All the best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154452015-18112009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154452015-18112009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Lance</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Fritz McEvoy<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B> NS NATURE<BR><B>Cc:</B> MBBA_C<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Ruffed Grouse display<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Hi All,<BR> When I looked out the kitchen window this morning there was a Ruffed Grouse in full display for a female who seemed disinterested and ignored the strutting male.<BR> It's the first time I've seen this mating ritual and I have a couple of questions about it. We are months from Ruffed Grouse breeding season so is the timing unusual or do they display all year round? Secondly how is this recorded in the atlas? Could I record it as a D or is it too early and if so which breeding season would it get recorded to: 2009 or 2010? All the best. <BR> Fritz McEvoy<BR> Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall) <BR><BR> <HR> Get a great deal on Windows 7 and see how it works the way you want. <A href="http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691812" target=_new>Check out the offers on Windows 7now.</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_VE71w7IACZ6KEFJ6rP/3hQ)--
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