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Re: Status of Ruffled Grouse in Carolinas
- To: "Linda Sharp" <nljsharp@worldnet.att.net>, "Carolina Birds Post" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Re: Status of Ruffled Grouse in Carolinas
- From: "Dwayne & Lori Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:20:06 -0500
- Reply-To: "Dwayne & Lori Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
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
>