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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
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)
This is one of the prettiest Grouse of the grouse family residing in Alberta, usually likes wooded areas and are hard to spot.
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 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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Yesterday morning I traveled early to the upper reaches of the Tieton River basan above Rimrock Reservoir and found 5 Sparuce Grouse. The light was poor but I managed to get a few photos. It was 37 F when I started hiking and intermittent light rain was falling so it was difficult to keep the camera dry and at the same time get photos in very dim light. Fortunately for photographers these birds are not timid. Then again, maybe it is unfortunate that people and presumably coyotes and other predator can easily approach them. There are only 2 places in Yakima County, Washington where these birds have been seen in recent years They are rare in this part of Washington State. These birds
are the Franklin subspecies.
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A male Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) causally strolls along a gravel trail in Jasper national Park, Alberta, Canada.
13 November, 20134.
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This Spruce Grouse was found on the trail to Brooks Falls. Typical of this species it was pretty tolerant of our presence and casually walked ahead of us on the trail for quite a while instead of taking cover in the dense foliage on either side.
A male Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) in all its splendour in the boreal woods in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Given its colouring it blends quite well with the habitat in which it lives.
13 November, 2013.
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