No Glorious Twelfth this year as low grouse numbers cancel shoots
Moorland estates forced to cut back shooting days to protect species depleted by two particularly poor breeding seasons
My hear bleeds for the estates. I wonder how much lead will NOT be dispersed now (most still appear t use it rather than rechoking their firearms)
Sooty grouse chick crossing the path and mom hiding in the brush on Mt Rainier
New paper out in Ornithological Applications!
Efficiency in #conservation: comparable genetic and population data from one and two #noninvasive sampling rounds in #TetraoUrogallus (#WesternCapercaillie)
Bird of the Day — Willow Ptarmigan (aka Red Grouse), Alaska 2012
@ewen Skiing in Norway? 
A days work for #RM Arctic Warfare Cadre 
& their SOE ancestors
#Telemark / #HardangerPlateau / #Grouse #Gunnerside / #SOE #Commandos <https://youtu.be/aUfiMoY30ac?si=eistySXcXud2SMaQ>
Hanging with Gaston, a wild, friendly grouse. Apparently some grouse just like hanging out with humans.
Red Grouse
A male, taking flight from the moorland.
Red Grouse
A female, close enough for a great view of the intricate feather pattern detail to be enjoyed.
@Catlynn What luck, nice capture. I'm just a little jealous, don't mind me, I'll get over it 
Made a friend #grouse #birdsofmastodon
Morning all. Isn’t it hot for a Wednesday? Chill yourself with a cool Red Grouse. xx
Tell #BidenAdministration: Protect greater sage grouse.
#GreaterSageGrouse is a remarkable species unlike any other. This iconic species is losing its #habitat. Since 1965, the population has declined by 80%.
The #sagebrush plains are the only place where the greater sage #grouse lives. Losing more habitat to drilling, mining or other human activity would threaten this #bird and its wondrous mating display.
#SignPetition
https://environmentamerica.org/texas/take-action/tell-the-biden-administration-protect-the-greater-sage-grouse/
I always called all of them #Partridge!
I now know Ruffed, Spruce #grouse & pheasants.
I'm constantly distracted by movement, leaves blowing, wind shaking limbs, or a creature passing by.
Photos makes it easy: centered, focused, & identified.
IRL people walk by them unaware.
#Birds #Wildlife #Nature
(I'm surprised hearing adults see their first raccoon.)
#grouse Really tired of being stuck using third-party web services that ostensibly organize a company's information but have shitty-ass search.
Listen, I don't care what your excuse is for using tokenization that prevents a plaintext search. "K-1 tax" is an extremely cromulent work-related topic for an employee to search, and your system matching that to every Goddamn freestanding "K" in the entire doc archive is embarrassing for you.
Google "solved" big data search like twenty years ago. I'm begging companies: please read some of their publications. Stop burdening me with shitty search.
#Biden admin readies plan to save the sage grouse https://www.eenews.net/articles/biden-admin-readies-plan-to-save-the-sage-grouse/
"The survival of the #SageGrouse depends upon the wide-open #sagebrush plains that are increasingly threatened by #ClimateChange, #wildfires, #InvasiveSpecies... The main focus of the plan is to incorporate updated research that more accurately identifies where sage #grouse thrive and to set priority habitat boundaries"
Bird of the Day — Greater Prairie-Chicken, Kansas 2007
Party bird
Bird of the Day — Ring-necked Pheasant, Kansas 2018
Exotic
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