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This is how my yard ruffies celebrated the Super Bowl. I just took the picture a few minutes ago, but they were doing the same thing yesterday. There's five of them eating with the half time entertainment on the side. The strutter is most entertaining.
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Must not be any hawks or owls around your house. If grouse attempted to raid a feeder and expose themselves as yours are they would all be dead within a week around here. That sure would be fun watching them. Enjoy!
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I think I recognize that strutter as "Ruffie Ga Ga"





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but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."

George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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No hawks here in winter. There are owls but not many around my neighborhood and smaller ones when they're here. Ravens are the main predator bird, plus coyotes and foxes, of course. Haven't seen a fox all winter though, and I've had a ptarmigan carcass laying untouched in the yard for them all winter. The ruffies are hesitant to cross the open yard and take the shortest route from the spruce trees to the seeds, or they just fly in and land at the base of the house. Once there, they have the comfort of the house blocking predators on one side, just as they do when they nest against a tree, so they relax and chow down. When they finish eating some will just sit there for half an hour looking around, which tells me they're feeling pretty safe. In the past I've gotten them used to me enough that I can come out the back door with a pitcher of seeds and feed them at my feet like chickens, or sit in my folding chair as they come in and feed all around me. THAT's when I know I have truly "arrived"! I had a drummer a few years back that had been around for 3 years and had 5 drumming logs in my woodlot. I could go up to his drumming log with a bowl of water and one of seed chips. He'd move to the end of the log as I put it down and walked away. I'd look back and he'd be at the bowls fueling up. It was sad when he stopped being around. Here's a few pics of him on his log. What a specimen he was! He would drum non stop from morning till night and I'm not sure he ever found a lady friend.
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I see you never remove the roof cleaning equipment....(-:
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That little ladder wouldn't get half way to my roof on that side. It's just there in winter so I can put seeds in the bird feeder.
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i sure like the picture of that drumming grouse...charlie
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A local Hawk has taken two, that I've seen, of the Quail I've been feeding through this winter's snow. One less then 15 feet in front of me.
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Wonderful photos!
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This is how the grouse sit out the day in my yard. This one was roosted about 15ft from my front deck and ignored me as I walked back and forth on the path about 8ft from him.
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