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Index of Subjects --============_-843240608==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" At 11:21 AM +0000 5/18/13, James Hirtle wrote: >Every year I get multiple reports of ruffed grouse acting >abnormally. They either follow people around or run to a person. Being picked up is a new one on me but I've had encounters like this with ruffed (here in NS), spruce (in ON) and blue (in Colorado) grouse. In many cases I think this is a predator distraction tactic similar to the broken-wing act. The action is "look at me" and the result is "don't see my chicks". It works very well...! Phil -- Phil Schappert, PhD 27 Clovis Ave. Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3 902-460-8343 (cell) www.philschappert.com www.papiliomusic.ca "Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..." (Michael Hedges) --============_-843240608==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 } --></style><title>Re: [NatureNS] Ruffed Grouse Speculation</title></head><body> <div>At 11:21 AM +0000 5/18/13, James Hirtle wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1">Every year I get multiple reports of ruffed grouse acting abnormally. They either follow people around or run to a person.</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Being picked up is a new one on me but I've had encounters like this with ruffed (here in NS), spruce (in ON) and blue (in Colorado) grouse. In many cases I think this is a predator distraction tactic similar to the broken-wing act. The action is "look at me" and the result is "don't see my chicks". It works very well...!</div> <div><br></div> <div>Phil</div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000"><br> Phil Schappert, PhD</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000"><br> 27 Clovis Ave.</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">902-460-8343 (cell)</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">www.philschappert.com</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">www.papiliomusic.ca</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000"><br> "Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000" > <span ></span > <span ></span > <span ></span> (Michael Hedges)</font></div> </body> </html> --============_-843240608==_ma============--
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