[NatureNS] Spruce Grouse and Snowy Owl

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:50:21 -0400
From: V Redden <reddenville@nncweb.ca>
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That subject sounds much more interesting than this post really is.

Today I started a Spruce Grouse in our woods. It reminded me of a 
sighting last summer. As I was coming in our driveway a hen Spruce 
Grouse came slowly out of the bush on one side. With her was a chick. 
The chick hurried across the drive but the hen very slowly and sedately 
walked across. As the first chick disappeared, another chick appeared 
and hurried across the drive. The mother hen kept her slow pace as her 
chicks one by one crossed the drive in front of me. Just as she 
disappeared into the bush her last chick rushed past and disappeared 
also. I counted 12 chicks; I was impressed by her timing.

  A few days ago a murder of crows was murderously trying to murder a 
Snowy Owl. No luck, the owl found a thick Spruce tree and retreated. 
Haven't seen it since.

Feeder birds this winter have been ordinary. Blackcapped Chickadees, one 
Downy Woodpecker, a small flock of Mourning Doves, Bluejays, one Brown 
Creeper, one Red Breasted Nuthatch and crows. A single visit by a small 
flock of Evening Grosbeaks.

Virginia Redden
Port Howe Cumb Co.
NS


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<font face="Candara">That subject sounds much more interesting than
this post really is.<br>
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Today I started a Spruce Grouse in our woods. It reminded me of a
sighting last summer. As I was coming in our driveway a hen Spruce
Grouse came slowly out of the bush on one side. With her was a chick.
The chick hurried across the drive but the hen very slowly and sedately
walked across. As the first chick disappeared, another chick appeared
and hurried across the drive. The mother hen kept her slow pace as her
chicks one by one crossed the drive in front of me. Just as she
disappeared into the bush her last chick rushed past and disappeared
also. I counted 12 chicks; I was impressed by her timing. <br>
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A few days ago a murder of crows was murderously trying to murder a
Snowy Owl. No luck, the owl found a thick Spruce tree and retreated.
Haven't seen it since.<br>
<br>
Feeder birds this winter have been ordinary. Blackcapped Chickadees,
one Downy Woodpecker, a small flock of Mourning Doves, Bluejays, one
Brown Creeper, one Red Breasted Nuthatch and crows. A single visit by a
small flock of Evening Grosbeaks. <br>
<br>
Virginia Redden<br>
Port Howe Cumb Co.<br>
NS<br>
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