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Re: Status of Ruffled Grouse in Carolinas



Ruffled Grouse are found here in the foothills as well.  There have been
many sightings in Catawba County.  Male Grouse have been heard drumming here
also.

Dwayne
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Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net
http://www.geocities.com/foothillsbirdclub/
http://www.geocities.com/ncxbill/


-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Sharp <nljsharp@worldnet.att.net>
To: Carolina Birds Post <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Monday, January 14, 2002 8:44 PM
Subject: Status of Ruffled Grouse in Carolinas


>Two weekends ago I went on a Sierra Club outing which was lead by my
husband
>Norm of the Ashmore Heritage Trust Preserve in northeastern Greenville
>County. I was a rather rigorous hike which ended up being almost nine
miles.
>When I pulled out my pack and boots the night before and announced to my
>husband and son I was coming along,  I was told since the hike would be
>moving fast I was not to think about holding up the group to look at birds,
>so I put my binoculars in the bottom of my pack. I felt this was good
>compromise in a marriage between an avid hiker and a birder. About an hour
>in to the hike my son Jacob who was walking slightly ahead of the group
>spotted a Ruffled Grouse on the trail. The bird moved slightly off the
trail
>as the group approached, but stayed in view for several minutes as if it
had
>no fear of humans, which delighted the rest of the group. In my six years
of
>birding, I  have only encountered Ruffled Grouse one other time on my
>sister's property in Northern Vermont. From looking at range maps in my
>field guides it occurs in the mountains of both Carolinas and is on many
>checklists I have for those areas. Since I have not heard in mentioned
>mentioned much on Carolinabirds,  I was wondering if it is seen often in
the
>Carolinas?
>
> Linda Sharp
>Greenville, SC
>(864)  268-9409
>nljsharp@worldnet.att.net
>