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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
When shrieked
The bleak November winds, and smote the woods,
And the brown fields were herbless, and the shades
That met above the merry rivulet
Were spoiled, I sought, I loved them still; they seemed
Like old companions in adversity.
-- William Cullen Bryant
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.
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.
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)
A lone grizzly bear was busy feasting on the berries found in Denali National Park. Without missing a beat, he lifted her head and walked across a clearing where one small spruce tree struggled to survive the harsh winters of Denali. After a quick sniff, he twirled around and began to scratch his back. He forced his bruin body into the tiny branches and finally the tree began to caress his swaying body as he enjoyed the comfort of his newly found ‘spruce recliner’. “Just bring on the food and the remote. I am all ready for the football game. Go Bruins!
Spruce Bears
Mother and cub had their way with this spruce tree. It was as if they were showering (only with the spruce). After several rub downs with the needles, they looked out as if to say, "Did you get all of that, or do we need to do it again?"
This is one of the prettiest Grouse of the grouse family residing in Alberta, usually likes wooded areas and are hard to spot.
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
Another droplet after a rain at Wynn Nature Center. This looked like the leaf of a fireweed plant and through the water you can see a spruce tree and other foliage.
Taken 21 July 2022 at Wynn Nature Center, Homer, Alaska.
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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