Ruffed Grouse
“On October 8th I came across a Ruffed Grouse along outskirts of the Gull Crest trails.”
Through the year
Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.
Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
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All 7 passages, oldest first.
Rounding out this rather epic walkabout, a Least Flycatcher (compact with bold white eyering and two white wingbars) and a Ruffed Grouse crossed my path – only the third time in two years that I have seen a Ruffed Grouse in Cape Elizabeth.
On October 8th I came across a Ruffed Grouse along outskirts of the Gull Crest trails.
Other noteworthy mentionings - On February 9 at Crescent Beach State Park, I came across Ruffed Grouse tracks in the snow while walking a game trail deep in a stand of old conifers.
On the afternoon of March 26 within the tangles boarding Gull Crest and Runaway Farm, I came upon a male Ruffed Grouse.
Also known as the Night Partridge, this bird’s flight song is reminiscent to that of the Ovenbird, bubbly and exuberant.
Lastly, on the afternoon of March 31 along the tangles boarding Gull Crest and Runaway Farm, I came upon a male Ruffed Grouse.
A squat, crested form with a broad tail crossed the trail ahead of me—its shape and movement unmistakable: a Ruffed Grouse.