Spruce Grouse
We spent about 10 minutes watching and photographing this beautiful Spruce Grouse from close range near lincoln, MT yesterday — A lifer!! Found by Mary




We spent about 10 minutes watching and photographing this beautiful Spruce Grouse from close range near lincoln, MT yesterday — A lifer!! Found by Mary




More from the PacNW. I’ve been thinking of the many Western GUlls as “big birds” (58″ wingspan), but they were dwarfed as they escorted this eagle on its way. Eagle’s are 80″ wingspan. Also had gloaming fly-bys of Murrelet’s, Marbled I presume, but couldn’t be sure.
Here’s my second lifer of the trip. Also from near Lincoln, Montana in same burned woodlands. Although we didn’t study this one in B3, I think you can figure it out
Here’s a few other breeding birds from out Oregon.
And here’s a few other species — all of which were a bear to catch in a pix.
Smithsonian Magazine Article
Who can remember 5 things that ID this bird? Western Montana