Hi again all, If anyone would care to see a photo of the Ruffed Grouse in crabapple, I've posted one on my website here:
https://www.marieread.com/ Also the same photo on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/marie.read.7/ and the Cayuga Bird. Club Facebook page Thanks for looking! The grouse is back in the yard today, but not yet in the ice-covered crabapple. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com AUTHOR of: Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ ________________________________ From: Deb Grantham <d...@cornell.edu> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2025 10:48 AM To: Eveline V. Ferretti <e...@cornell.edu>; Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: RE: Ruffed Grouse! Very exciting! From: bounce-128622038-83565...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-128622038-83565...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Eveline V. Ferretti Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2025 7:52 PM To: Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse! Marie—your email reminded me of something I’d wanted to share with a couple of weeks ago. In early Feb, walking the dog along the county highway near you, I was delighted to spy a Ruffed Grouse on the ground under a bush right by the road. My first ever RG sighting, despite having lived out here for 30 years now. They’ve been out and about this year! (As I had the dog with, I didn’t linger to observe, but the grouse seemed to be finding something good in the snow under that bush). From: bounce-128621937-62666...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-128621937-62666...@list.cornell.edu> <bounce-128621937-62666...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-128621937-62666...@list.cornell.edu>> On Behalf Of Marie P. Read Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2025 1:27 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse! Hi everyone. I expected maybe a robin or waxwing would benefit from the lingering crabapples in my yard, maybe even a bluebird. But I did not expect a Ruffed Grouse! It had a little trouble balancing on the thin branches, but was feeding on the somewhat dry fruits nonetheless! Next it trotted of around the corner of the house and seems to be sheltering from the wind now. It was in the yard yesterday under a spruce, one even coming up on our deck! On the deck early this morning too. Feeling blessed! Marie Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
