Ruffed Grouse - Southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem - Wildlife Gardeners

Dave Stiles · 02-05-2009, 11:42 PM

This morning I came across this grouse perched in a tree on the east side of our campus. While taking these photo's I watched a small red fox climb a tree ... that's right, CLIMB a tree - about 25 feet up. I was so stunned I forgot I was holding my camera. I did get one shot of it in the tree, but real poor quality.

TheLorax · 02-06-2009, 12:17 AM

I am so jealous of where you live. Beautiful photos that help pass the winter.

LadySapphire22 · 02-07-2009, 11:18 AM

Dave! you take the most amazing photos, thanks again

Stoloniferous · 02-07-2009, 03:26 PM

A fox in a tree - ROFL!

Lovely grouse photos! I wouldn't have known that we have grouse around here, except that one of them tied (with a tragic *thump*) when it tried flying into our living room.

I grateful that it wasn't a turkey. We would have had bloody glass shrapnel all over the sofa.

biigblueyes · 02-08-2009, 04:38 PM

Stop using Windex. Teach Stolon, Jr. to leave handprints on the window.

Stoloniferous · 02-09-2009, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by biigblueyes

Stop using Windex. Teach Stolon, Jr. to leave handprints on the window.

Pfft! me, windex windows? As if I have time for such persnickity cleaning. I'm doing good if the kitchen floor gets swept once a month. :eek:

Good idea about the handprints, lol!

havalotta · 04-21-2011, 02:56 PM

I THOUGHT it was a grouse from afar.

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Ever sneak in on something only to find out it was a LEAF!

jack · 04-21-2011, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by havalotta

I THOUGHT it was a grouse from afar.
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Ever sneak in on something only to find out it was a LEAF!

I have a story to tell on that subject. I was stationed in Northern Thailand in the late 1960's and we had poisonous snake films we had to watch on a regular basis. One day outside the NCO club I saw what I thought was a cobra bobbing its head back and forth in the grass about 20 ft. away. I showed it to someone walking by and they agreed. Soon there was a crowd watching this "cobra" that had formed, and we all looked from the safe distance with awe.

Soon after the Military Police arrived with a shotgun. When they carefully approached the dangerous creature, it turned out to be a branch with a leaf at the end that was moving back, just so, in the breeze. I was embarrassed and slithered away hurriedly.

The power of suggestion is amazing!

Teresa · 04-21-2011, 03:38 PM

Don't know how I missed this thread for so long.

Someone once told me she had seen a fox climb her persimmon tree to get the fruit, and I was very skeptical.

Seems like I owe her an apology!

02-05-2009, 11:42 PM	#1
Dave Stiles Naturalist/Photographer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Olympia, WA	Ruffed Grouse - Southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem This morning I came across this grouse perched in a tree on the east side of our campus. While taking these photo's I watched a small red fox climb a tree ... that's right, CLIMB a tree - about 25 feet up. I was so stunned I forgot I was holding my camera. I did get one shot of it in the tree, but real poor quality. Attached Thumbnails __________________ ~ A good wildlife photographer studies everything about the animal before ever setting out with a camera in hand... ~ = = = = = = = = = = Dave's Wildlife Photography - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_stiles/

02-06-2009, 12:17 AM	#2
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	I am so jealous of where you live. Beautiful photos that help pass the winter. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

02-07-2009, 11:18 AM	#3
LadySapphire22 Heron Join Date: Nov 2008	Dave! you take the most amazing photos, thanks again __________________ Lady S There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~Mirabel Osler

02-08-2009, 04:38 PM	#5
biigblueyes WG Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA	Stop using Windex. Teach Stolon, Jr. to leave handprints on the window. __________________ My yarden and I lean a little to the wild side.

04-21-2011, 02:56 PM	#7
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	I THOUGHT it was a grouse from afar. Ever sneak in on something only to find out it was a LEAF! __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

02-07-2009, 03:26 PM	#4
Stoloniferous Too Wild To Garden Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Franklin, Massachusetts, United States	A fox in a tree - ROFL! Lovely grouse photos! I wouldn't have known that we have grouse around here, except that one of them tied (with a tragic thump) when it tried flying into our living room. I grateful that it wasn't a turkey. We would have had bloody glass shrapnel all over the sofa.

04-21-2011, 03:38 PM	#9
Teresa Salamander Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Annapolis, MD	Don't know how I missed this thread for so long. Someone once told me she had seen a fox climb her persimmon tree to get the fruit, and I was very skeptical. Seems like I owe her an apology!

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