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Spruce G. tracks ?<br class=3D"">Thanks,<br class=3D"">Rick.< --089e0115fd32c95f44052d691ac9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thanks, Nancy !! That's great to have "known" tracks photographed. I think I'll be working on this myself too, but it may take a year or two. Best, Rick. On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:49 PM, NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rick and all > > 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?): > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25194830859/in/dateposted-public/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/24931890214/in/dateposted-public/ > 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)? > > Could anyone explain the track components? Claw, pads etc. An odd foot. > > Nancy D > E Dalhousie, Kings Co. > > On 2016-03-05, at 11:06 AM, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > With good quality tracks in light snow, does anyone know if you can > distinguish Ruffed G. from Spruce G. tracks ? > > Thanks, > > Rick. > > > > 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 > > > > > > > On March 4, 2016 at 4:39 PM NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Nancy D > > > E Dalhousie, Kings Co. > > > > --089e0115fd32c95f44052d691ac9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks, Nancy !! That's great to have "known"= ; tracks photographed. I think I'll be working on this myself too, but = it may take a year or two.<div>Best,</div><div>Rick.</div></div><div class= =3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:49= PM, NancyDowd <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com= " target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquo= te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so= lid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Rick and all<br> <br> We only had 1cm snow yesterday, rapidly melting, and it is excellent tracki= ng snow. Here is a known Ruffed Grouse track and trail showing a swish betw= een the footprints (tail drag?):<br> <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25194830859/in/datepo= sted-public/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.flickr.com/p= hotos/92981528@N08/25194830859/in/dateposted-public/</a><br> <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/24931890214/in/datepo= sted-public/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.flickr.com/p= hotos/92981528@N08/24931890214/in/dateposted-public/</a><br> Perhaps someone will come across a Spruce Grouse before all the snow is gon= e and get a comparative track shot. A difference may be that the shorter-ta= iled Spruce Grouse rarely leaves a tail drag mark (if that is what it is)?<= br> <br> Could anyone explain the track components? Claw, pads etc. An odd foot.<br> <br> Nancy D<br> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.<br> <br> On 2016-03-05, at 11:06 AM, Rick Whitman <<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.ca= erulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > With good quality tracks in light snow, does anyone know if you can di= stinguish Ruffed G. from Spruce G. tracks ?<br> > Thanks,<br> > Rick.<br> ><br> > On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 10:12 AM, <a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympat= ico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a> <<a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sy= mpatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<br> > Grouse drumming is so nice to hear Nancy -<br> > reminds me of trout fishing. The grouse will probably be quite<br> > with the snow and all today. Seems the population is in the down cycle= !<br> > This winter I read a good book on Grouse - "Grouse Feathers"= by Burton Spiller.<br> > Stores of hunting, fishing, grouse biology, dogs and growing up in a r= ural area.<br> > I could relate to it all! He also wrote a book "Fishin Around&quo= t; where he visited Nova Scotia<br> > and fished with Guide Gray for 2 weeks in the Tobeatic in the 1930s. H= e talks more<br> > about nature than fishing but gets a few fish. A great read on a storm= y night.<br> > Enjoy the snow<br> > Paul<br> ><br> ><br> > > On March 4, 2016 at 4:39 PM NancyDowd <<a href=3D"mailto:nancy= pdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > ><br> > ><br> > > Lots of drumming in the woods this morning despite the -13C tempe= rature. Pileated Woodpeckers and Hairy Woodpeckers could be heard on both s= ides 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 firs= t morning I have heard it drumming.<br> > ><br> > > And a Brown Creeper was singing. I have not seen any here this wi= nter until now. They are usually quite common in the early Spring woods nea= r my place so I am expecting more to be arriving soon.<br> > ><br> > > Nancy D<br> > > E Dalhousie, Kings Co.<br> ><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br></div> --089e0115fd32c95f44052d691ac9--
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