Ruffed Grouse displaying

[mn5503]

This guy has been drumming and strutting behind my house, looking for a mate, for a while now.

 

[EricD]

Excellent images! I have never seen this bird before.......

 

[Houghwya]

Nice photos! How where you able to get that close to a Grouse though? Possible trail camera?

 

[mn5503]

Nice photos! How where you able to get that close to a Grouse though? Possible trail camera?

Home made trail camera using a Sony W7. Manual mode shutter speed 1/1000, f2.8 and ISO 400. Took a couple weeks and a lot of repositioning of the cam and Mother Nature to bring the sunrise lighting I was looking for, to get these ones. After several thousand pictures it finally all came together. I wish I had the time to sit and wait in the bushes with my Nikon for all these things to come together but it's just not practical.

I was wondering when someone was going to figure it out.

 

[Antarctican]

Wow, great shots of the 'display'!!! (I wish you'd left a blank line between them, though, as they tend to run together a bit). Love these.

 

[mn5503]

Wow, great shots of the 'display'!!! (I wish you'd left a blank line between them, though, as they tend to run together a bit). Love these.

Yes they do. Spaces added:thumbup: