{"id":28398,"date":"2020-03-22T16:48:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T23:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=28398"},"modified":"2020-03-22T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T00:32:14","slug":"yard-grouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=28398","title":{"rendered":"Yard grouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now is the time to start watching Ruffed Grouse. There seem to be many of them about and their mating period is coming up: April into May.<\/p>\n

I have two Ruffed Grouse that treat my yard as a portion of their range. Sometimes I see them; sometimes I don’t. Are they a male and a female? Probably, in that they are tolerating each other at the moment.<\/p>\n

Ruffed grouse have two distinct morphs: grey and red (brown). The grey morph predominates in the norther portions of their range; the red morph in the southern portions. Presumably this has something to do with camouflage in different habitats.<\/p>\n

Curiously, we seem to have both morphs around the Lake. Indeed, the couple in my yard seems to be one of each.<\/p>\n

A grey morph Ruffed Grouse peers over its shoulder.
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While a red morph Ruffed Grouse tries to look inconspicuous.
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