ML31912571
Contributor
Brook OConnor Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
San Juan Mountains Echo Basin Rd 566H Two Ponds
Montezuma, Colorado, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - X
Media notes
The male grouse is interacting with a weasel just to the right on the log.
Observation details
Down the hill from our camp. Silent. Another two up the hill in an opening in the forest. Male on a log with tail fanned. It is having a duel with a weasel. (Truly). The weasel is running repeatedly toward it and in turn the grouse pecks at the weasel. About 20 feet away is a hen. When they noticed us, the grouse tail went down. Both male and female grouse slipped quietly away into the deep vegetation. The weasel tried to follow but retreated when it saw us.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/200 sec
- Dimensions
- 480 pixels x 312 pixels
- Original file size
- 71.99 KB