Today we spent time exploring Dunbar Forest and the back roads of Rudyard. Our first cool ass bird was a Sharp-tailed Grouse. It was in a berry tree feeding in front of a house about a half mile off of the main road. I spotted the shape in the tree from the road at about 60 miles per hour. We pulled down the "seasonal road" and drove right up to the bird. Kind of crazy to be 15 feet away from this amazing bird. It fed on the berries and then flew off, really far, into the distant treelike.
Later in the day we found 3 Ruffed Grouse in more trees along Hulbert Road. The birds were walking along the tree branches and picking off the buds from the trees. It was really awesome to see them picking their way along the thin branches. They too then flew off into the trees.
Killer cool birds for the day.
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