Contributor
Paul Gardner Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Old Stump Road
Sanpete, Utah, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - X
Media notes
This Ruffed Grouse was at about 9,000 feet in mid May in 2015. I am posting it here to show that this species does occur here.
Observation details
I surprised a female with chicks. She was on one side of the road. They were on the other. She showed herself twice and kept calling to her little ones, but most of the time she hid from me. Oddly, another adult Ruffed Grouse showed itself at the same time. Perhaps they were in the same area because of a food source. I never saw the chicks, but heard them. This species is a permanent resident in the mountains here. I have take photos of them before, seen them with chicks, and heard them drumming.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D800
- ISO
- 2000
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 6213 pixels x 4142 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.12 MB