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Bird Tracks and Sign
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Ruffed Grouse
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TRACKS |
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A trail left by Ruffed Grouse. Note that it left a
sort of trough, as it plowed through the snow. |
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Ruffed Grouse tracks on thinner snow.
Here the actual outline of the feet can be seen |
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Tracks and wing prints
from a ruffed grouse that walked along from the bottom of the
picture up, and then took off.
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Photo by Alexis Burnett
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Close-up of a ruffed grouse track.
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Here's a beauty! The ruffed grouse
walked towards the camera and then took off. The wing prints are
clearly visible! |
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SCAT |
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Ruffed Grouse scat is oblong,
rounded at the ends, and slightly curved. Note that it is
made of fibrous plant material. |
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It often has a whitish coating
at one end. |
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A close-up of Ruffed Grouse
scat. |
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OTHER SIGNS |
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Here is a photo of a ruffed grouse's resting place. It
rested here for some time, facing in turn each direction, as indicated
by the bulges pointing towards the lower right and lower left.
It relieved itself - note the pile of scat in the middle
- and then took off. Wing prints are visible at the lower right section
of the picture.
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Ruffed Grouse often bury themselves in the snow at night to keep warm
(snow is a good insulator).
Here is a photo of where a ruffed grouse dove into the snow and spent
the night. When it was ready to leave, it deposited two piles of scat
and took off.
The hole where it dove into the snow is at the lower right. It walked
under the snow towards the upper middle of the photo. The larger hole to
the left of center is where it left its cozy hole after leaving behind
its scat. Wing prints are faintly visible to the left of this large
hole.
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Here is a close-up photo of the exit hole, showing the wing prints as it
took off.
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Photo by Alexis Burnett |
Here is where a Ruffed Grouse
rested for awhile in the snow, and left behind a nice pile
of scat. |
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This photo shows two rest areas, and a trail leading away
from them. |
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