grouse, prairie chickens & allies (35 images)
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![Introduced originally from Asia, the Chukar has adapted to its home in America [February; Antelope Island, Salt Lake City, Utah]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000aZDBKe8yiLE/t/150/I0000aZDBKe8yiLE.jpg)
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![Formerly called "Blue Grouse," the Rocky Mountain population is now known as Dusky Grouse. The Pacific coast population is known as Sooty Grouse [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000maA_N46iWJk/t/150/I0000maA_N46iWJk.jpg)
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![Formerly called "Blue Grouse," the Rocky Mountain population is now known as Dusky Grouse. The Pacific coast population is known as Sooty Grouse [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000VhQmzTKiYsE/t/150/I0000VhQmzTKiYsE.jpg)
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![Formerly called "Blue Grouse," the Rocky Mountain population is now known as Dusky Grouse. The Pacific coast population is known as Sooty Grouse [September; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OOqTS9iXpNQ/t/150/I0000OOqTS9iXpNQ.jpg)
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![The Greater Prairie Chicken is making an impressive comeback in northwest Minnesota. This male met me at his lek well before sunrise. Two other males performed as three females watched from the tall grass [April 29; Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Polk County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Sa4l6NUVMh4/t/150/I0000Sa4l6NUVMh4.jpg)
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![The Greater Prairie Chicken is making an impressive comeback in northwest Minnesota. This male met me at his lek well before sunrise. Two other males performed as three females watched from the tall grass [April 29; Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Polk County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000DQlJs4bSduU/t/150/I0000DQlJs4bSduU.jpg)
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![The Greater Prairie Chicken is making an impressive comeback in northwest Minnesota. This male met me at his lek well before sunrise. Two other males performed as three females watched from the tall grass [April 29; Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Polk County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000vBc9z3uwptc/t/150/I0000vBc9z3uwptc.jpg)
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![The Greater Prairie Chicken is making an impressive comeback in northwest Minnesota. This male met me at his lek well before sunrise. Two other males performed as three females watched from the tall grass [April 29; Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Polk County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000o_.ux46Oa.0/t/150/I0000o_.ux46Oa.0.jpg)
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![This Northern Bobwhite just missed nabbing a small insect [February; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000LX2zX3097Zc/t/150/I0000LX2zX3097Zc.jpg)
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![Northern Bobwhite are a type of quail [April; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000wrfraBkKoTs/t/150/I0000wrfraBkKoTs.jpg)
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![Northern Bobwhite are a type of quail [April; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006AbPWVq54i4/t/150/I00006AbPWVq54i4.jpg)
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![Female Northern Bobwhite are tan where the male is white [February; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000FPrzSkXy0UU/t/150/I0000FPrzSkXy0UU.jpg)
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![Northern Bobwhite call their own name; "Bob-White!...Bob-White!" [February; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000RMQzm.sbimE/t/150/I0000RMQzm.sbimE.jpg)
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![Northern Bobwhite are a type of quail [February; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000lQQEAA5Mmi8/t/150/I0000lQQEAA5Mmi8.jpg)
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![Usually first located by their loud and raucous calls, the Plain Chachalaca is a common resident of south Texas [April; Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000h.THWxUbWGk/t/150/I0000h.THWxUbWGk.jpg)
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![Ring-necked Pheasant [April; Southern Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007wbV4dNnj0o/t/150/I00007wbV4dNnj0o.jpg)
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![Ruffed Grouse feed on birch catkins at dusk [January; near Floodwood, St Louis County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000JL9r94Yo0dw/t/150/I0000JL9r94Yo0dw.jpg)
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![Ruffed Grouse feed on birch catkins at dusk [January; near Floodwood, St Louis County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006itHQoASJgo/t/150/I00006itHQoASJgo.jpg)
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![A reddish Ruffed Grouse carefully makes its way out a birch branch to feed on buds [January; Blueberry Hills, Deer River, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IgGjVov_vVw/t/150/I0000IgGjVov_vVw.jpg)
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![A reddish Ruffed Grouse carefully makes its way out a birch branch to feed on buds [January; Blueberry Hills, Deer River, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000WPXsLBd89Yw/t/150/I0000WPXsLBd89Yw.jpg)
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![Ruffed Grouse [October; Lima Mountain Road, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000B3DYtEowuoU/t/150/I0000B3DYtEowuoU.jpg)
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![Ruffed Grouse survive the cold winters in the north by diving into deep powder snow and burrowing at night. Under two feet of powder it may be 25 degrees...Possibly 60 degrees warmer than the air temperature! [December; Duluth, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000vXUqyB8QGEs/t/150/I0000vXUqyB8QGEs.jpg)
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![Ruffed Grouse survive the cold winters in the north by diving into deep powder snow and burrowing at night. Under two feet of powder it may be 25 degrees...Possibly 60 degrees warmer than the air temperature! [December; Duluth, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000RaG.8QkYOOU/t/150/I0000RaG.8QkYOOU.jpg)
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![Feeding at dusk helps Ruffed Grouse from becoming victims to day-hunting Northern Goshawks [January; Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000BWCDs7B_PlU/t/150/I0000BWCDs7B_PlU.jpg)
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![Feeding at dusk helps Ruffed Grouse from becoming victims to day-hunting Northern Goshawks [January; Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000w0h0.EhYj9E/t/150/I0000w0h0.EhYj9E.jpg)
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![Sharp-tailed Grouse on its breeding lek [April; Carlton County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000DhMiWP7GBr4/t/150/I0000DhMiWP7GBr4.jpg)
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![Sharp-tailed Grouse on its breeding lek [April; Carlton County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000540Kad8tTUY/t/150/I0000540Kad8tTUY.jpg)
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![Sharp-tailed Grouse on its breeding lek [April; Carlton County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mwuqrAej4rk/t/150/I0000mwuqrAej4rk.jpg)
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![Sharp-tailed Grouse on its breeding lek [April; Carlton County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000qXNy8P2rNhE/t/150/I0000qXNy8P2rNhE.jpg)
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![Sharp-tailed Grouse on its breeding lek [April; Carlton County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000igD7JQMV4C0/t/150/I0000igD7JQMV4C0.jpg)
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![Sam the Spruce Grouse displays for an unseen female/s. He'd fan his tail feathers and the swish them back and forth. Then he'd flutter the three or four feet to the ground and strut. [May; Wilderness Canoe Base, Gunflint Trail, Grand Marais, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000udiIWJ98YQY/t/150/I0000udiIWJ98YQY.jpg)
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![Spruce Grouse often pick grit from roads in winter, This pair was doing just that when they spooked and flew into a small Jack Pine [January; Hwy 1, Lake County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000yrxoTLG7BQE/t/150/I0000yrxoTLG7BQE.jpg)
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![Female Spruce Grouse in Black Spruce tree. In winter they grow scales on their feet that actually doubles their surface area creating "snowshoes" for walking over deep snow [February 26; Superior National Forest, Lake County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000e23cps4xRbk/t/150/I0000e23cps4xRbk.jpg)
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![One of a mixed flock of six male and female Spruce Grouse along a remote forest road. One male was even displaying on the road [February 26; Superior National Forest, Lake County, Minnesota]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000HzYnQElZvrU/t/150/I0000HzYnQElZvrU.jpg)
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![Male Gambel's Quail [December; Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico]](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000x_7qoLUe6Fs/t/150/I0000x_7qoLUe6Fs.jpg)
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