One of my favourite resident squirrels.

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taken before we were totally socked in by the clouds - HTMT!

taken in northern Ontario almost a full frame image a bit of crop on left side

There pretty easy to get close too up there not encountering man much

Two autumn posts today

The range of the Spruce Grouse, also known as the Canada Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis), is mainly in Canada and Alaska with small spillover into a few other northern states. I chose this picture to show their version of grouse "snowshoe" adaptations to their feet in winter to better cope with snow.

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Colorado spruce tree plants are evergreen trees and grouped with the conifers. They are members of the pine family. The Colorado Blue Spruce's silvery-blue needles are prickly to the touch and have a strong, fresh, piney smell. Its pyramidal shape, foliage color, and wonderful smell make this plant a classic choice for a Christmas tree. 🎄 The species plant is native to the Rocky Mountain states in the United States.

Tetras du Canada

Laurentides Quebec

I don't know if chickadees eat spruce buds but there are enough here on the tree for a good meal.

It is in its upper reaches that a spruce explains itself. This is all I wanted of this fine one on a dark day with a foggy hillside for backdrop.

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A chestnut coloured female Spruce Grouse keeping very still as I walked into a small clearing along a trail in Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario.

(Falcipennis canadensis)

Tetras du Canada

This is one of the prettiest Grouse of the grouse family residing in Alberta, usually likes wooded areas and are hard to spot.

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A White Squirrel checking me out from up on a Spruce tree limb.

Exeter, Ontario

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A female Spruce Grouse (Dendragapus canadensis) picking up grit along the gravel roads in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

8 September, 2011.

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Bright and long days and the sun has got some power to heat the air in the shelter of the wood, while the wind is biting cold and the frost is written in 2 digit figures, - It will be spring one day ...

A bird of coniferous forests, the Spruce Grouse inhabits much of Canada and portions of the northern United States. Inconspicuous and relatively quiet. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spruce_Grouse/id

Aerial shot of beautiful foliage covering parts of Spruce Peak in Stowe Vermont.

Yesterday all the trees, seeds, and buds were encased in ice. Today this beauty is melting. This spruce branch with its buds looks like a flower.

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A fun find in Algonquin Park last weekend. She had a few chicks with her that were somewhat hidden in the long grass.

A Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) from the Franklin's population searches the ground for some morsel along the mixed woods of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

13 November, 2013.

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Male grouse

Taken in Cochrane Northern Ont Only male I seen in my travels this trip