Grouse

I was driving around our cabin property in the late afternoon checking out our neighborhood deer when I spotted this grouse at the edge of the brush. Grouse are a somewhat elusive bird to see and photograph since they spend most of their time in the thick brush. Grouse are very good at camouflage and will stay motionless, as this one did, until you walk past them and then take off with a thunderous roar of its wings as it flies to the next hiding spot.



Grouse do not fly much and spend most of their time walking through the thick brush looking for food. This grouse may have selected this narrow section of field as a crossing point between two patches of brush.



As a side note; Grouse are very tasty to both humans and wildlife such as foxes and hawks.