There's birds around!
The thing I am even more excited about is the number of grouse drumming as we sit there calling and watching for turkeys. Every place we sat we could hear at least five or six different drummers. in one place we heard two birds drumming very close to each other and at almost exactly the same cadence, beat for beat and roll for roll - but they were about 1/4 of a second different, but exactly the same number of warm-up beats (4) and a tiny pause, then the...
Thump, thump, thump, thump,thum-thum-thum-thum-thum-thrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrump,ump,ump.
I loved it!! Most drumming I've heard for years. If it doesn't rain too much on the chicks, we'll have a banner year!!
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
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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