[NatureNS] spring sounds- grouse tracks

From: James King <jamesking@eastlink.ca>
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:57:13 -0400
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Looks much more like a cock pheasant to me.

James King
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> On Mar 6, 2016, at 14:49 PM, NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Rick and all
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> We only had 1cm snow yesterday, rapidly melting, and it is excellent =
tracking snow. Here is a known Ruffed Grouse track and trail showing a =
swish between the footprints (tail drag?):
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25194830859/in/dateposted-publi=
c/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/24931890214/in/dateposted-publi=
c/
> Perhaps someone will come across a Spruce Grouse before all the snow =
is gone and get a comparative track shot. A difference may be that the =
shorter-tailed Spruce Grouse rarely leaves a tail drag mark (if that is =
what it is)?
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> Could anyone explain the track components? Claw, pads etc. An odd =
foot.
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> Nancy D
> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
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> On 2016-03-05, at 11:06 AM, Rick Whitman =
<dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> With good quality tracks in light snow, does anyone know if you can =
distinguish Ruffed G. from Spruce G. tracks ?
>> Thanks,
>> Rick.
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>> On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 10:12 AM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca =
<rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Grouse drumming is so nice to hear Nancy -
>> reminds me of trout fishing. The grouse will probably be quite
>> with the snow and all today. Seems the population is in the down =
cycle!
>> This winter I read a good book on Grouse - "Grouse Feathers" by =
Burton Spiller.
>> Stores of hunting, fishing, grouse biology, dogs and growing up in a =
rural area.
>> I could relate to it all! He also wrote a book "Fishin Around" where =
he visited Nova Scotia
>> and fished with Guide Gray for 2 weeks in the Tobeatic in the 1930s. =
He talks more
>> about nature than fishing but gets a few fish. A great read on a =
stormy night.
>> Enjoy the snow
>> Paul
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>>> On March 4, 2016 at 4:39 PM NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:=20=

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>>> Lots of drumming in the woods this morning despite the -13C =
temperature. Pileated Woodpeckers and Hairy Woodpeckers could be heard =
on both sides of the lake, as well as a drumming Ruffed Grouse along the =
dirt road. The Grouse has been hanging out in the area all winter but =
this is the first morning I have heard it drumming.=20
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>>> And a Brown Creeper was singing. I have not seen any here this =
winter until now. They are usually quite common in the early Spring =
woods near my place so I am expecting more to be arriving soon.=20
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>>> Nancy D=20
>>> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Mar 6, 2016, at 14:49 PM, NancyDowd &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" =
class=3D"">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">Hi =
Rick and all<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">We only had 1cm snow =
yesterday, rapidly melting, and it is excellent tracking snow. Here is a =
known Ruffed Grouse track and trail showing a swish between the =
footprints (tail drag?):<br class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25194830859/in/datepost=
ed-public/" =
class=3D"">https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25194830859/in/datep=
osted-public/</a><br =
class=3D"">https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/24931890214/in/datep=
osted-public/<br class=3D"">Perhaps someone will come across a Spruce =
Grouse before all the snow is gone and get a comparative track shot. A =
difference may be that the shorter-tailed Spruce Grouse rarely leaves a =
tail drag mark (if that is what it is)?<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Could=
 anyone explain the track components? Claw, pads etc. An odd foot.<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">Nancy D<br class=3D"">E Dalhousie, Kings =
Co.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">On 2016-03-05, at 11:06 AM, Rick =
Whitman &lt;dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">With good quality tracks =
in light snow, does anyone know if you can distinguish Ruffed G. from =
Spruce G. tracks ?<br class=3D"">Thanks,<br class=3D"">Rick.<