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--=====================_358317140==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed During the Migration Count (May 14) I was afield with Nic Fieldsend and Jim Edsall. We were in western HRM, and while driving the Sandy Lake logging roads we encountered a very tame male Ruffed Grouse. If we weren't in such a remote location I would have thought that the bird had imprinted on humans. He cooed and gurgled all around the van, walked up to the camera lenses, and strutted his stuff. Maybe he had peacock genes. He nearly hopped into the van at one point. Nic, Jim and I took many photos (it would have been insulting to the bird not to) and I took some video, which I have edited down to a one-minute clip, and posted to YouTube. You can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQPQrO2dCs0 The gurgle noises heard near the end of the video were made by the grouse. Some other bird songs in the background belong to White-throated Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Common Grackle. The remainder of our day was more routine, and while the sun never emerged, the wind was light, and the black flies not too tormenting in the cool air. It was nice to hear warblers again (lots in Jerry Lawrence Park), and the lateness of the migration was evident with a flock of 71 Surf Scoters in St. Margaret's Bay. Cheers, Blake --=====================_358317140==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> During the Migration Count (May 14) I was afield with Nic Fieldsend and Jim Edsall. We were in western HRM, and while driving the Sandy Lake logging roads we encountered a very tame male Ruffed Grouse. If we weren't in such a remote location I would have thought that the bird had imprinted on humans. He cooed and gurgled all around the van, walked up to the camera lenses, and strutted his stuff. Maybe he had peacock genes. He nearly hopped into the van at one point.<br><br> Nic, Jim and I took many photos (it would have been insulting to the bird not to) and I took some video, which I have edited down to a one-minute clip, and posted to YouTube. You can find it here:<br><br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQPQrO2dCs0" eudora="autourl"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQPQrO2dCs0<br><br> </a></u></font>The gurgle noises heard near the end of the video were made by the grouse. Some other bird songs in the background belong to White-throated Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Common Grackle. <br><br> The remainder of our day was more routine, and while the sun never emerged, the wind was light, and the black flies not too tormenting in the cool air. It was nice to hear warblers again (lots in Jerry Lawrence Park), and the lateness of the migration was evident with a flock of 71 Surf Scoters in St. Margaret's Bay.<br><br> Cheers,<br><br> Blake</body> </html> --=====================_358317140==.ALT--
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