Saturday Night Encounter on a Dark Road in the Forest
It is always great fun to see grouse breeding displays. This proud, confident Ruffed Grouse was unafraid of me.
We fulfilled each other's needs. I provided him with an appreciative audience of one whom he entertained (romanced?) for 10-15 minutes. He bailed me out of an imprudent 45 minute wildlife-seeking side trip in which I grossly misjudged the onset of darkness and was repeatedly asking myself - before seeing him - "what am I doing here?"
Saturday Night Encounter on a Dark Road in the Forest
It is always great fun to see grouse breeding displays. This proud, confident Ruffed Grouse was unafraid of me.
We fulfilled each other's needs. I provided him with an appreciative audience of one whom he entertained (romanced?) for 10-15 minutes. He bailed me out of an imprudent 45 minute wildlife-seeking side trip in which I grossly misjudged the onset of darkness and was repeatedly asking myself - before seeing him - "what am I doing here?"