Female and male Spruce Grouse.

[zombiesniper147 12]

Female Spruce Grouse by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

Male Spruce Grouse by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Great shots! I can only imagine how difficult those would be to get.

 

[Jeff1582 82]

Lovely shooting.......

 

[zombiesniper147 12]

Thank you.

Great shots! I can only imagine how difficult those would be to get.

They were in Algonquin park.
Jr and I were searching a side trail when my daughter just spotted them walking the main trail and called us over.
These two were not afraid. Jr even managed a nice headshot.

 

[Raw photographer]

Very nice, you have great talent.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

These two were not afraid. Jr even managed a nice headshot

Does wildlife management stock them? They sound like pheasants here that are raised by the wildlife commission. They have no sense of danger really.

 

[zombiesniper147 12]

No stocking. The Spruce Grouse is pretty notorious for how apathetic towards humans they are.

Very nice, you have great talent.

Thank you.

 

[tirediron]

Definitely not members of the Avian Mensa Society! Nice shots Trev.

 

[zombiesniper147 12]

Thank you.

 

[Jeff G]

Very nice set! The male really pops with the added contrast to his color.

 

[MSnowy]

Nice!

 

[Photo Lady]

great shots... such beauties.

 

[zombiesniper147 12]

Thank you.

 

[K9Kirk]

Cool birds, nice pics! Did you have to low crawl to get those?

 

[zombiesniper147 12]

Thank you. lol

No crawl. The advantage of big dumb lenses is distance can change the angle of view almost as much as laying down. I only had to kneel.