One time on the road between Aspen and the Maroon Bells a male Dusky Grouse ran towards my car on the road, jumped on the hood and stared at us through the windshield. I opened the door to get a photo and he hopped off of the hood, onto the ground and next thing I knew he was up on my leg and in the car. Here's a picture of him on the dashboard. He later road on top of the car and when I tried to get him off for his own safety, he chased me up and down the road biting my legs.
Tim Mitzen <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Dtuoou3yH-8/VylMsMzch2I/AAAAAAAAACk/4LSsrmtrwtcOJjAhyZ7jSy86f80kdmsFgCLcB/s1600/grouse.jpg> On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 7:50:05 PM UTC-6, Bob Shade wrote: > > I have wanted for some years to see and photograph the elusive Dusky > Grouse displaying. Today I went to Genesee Mountain Park, Lookout Mountain, > and Mount Lindo in vain. Then I called a friend in his gated community off > of Turkey Creek Road near Tinytown (West Ranch Road). "Have you seen any > grouse?" (Excitedly) "Yes we have an "attack grouse." So I was let in, > drove to his house, and he explained exactly where the dangerous bird is. > "He attacks, dogs, people, and pecks tires!" I went to the spot on the main > road and sure enough! I did not need to find him, he found me and kept > dogging my heels. I kicked at him but he just jumped back and bored right > in again! After getting some photos (see WRShade3 on Flickr) I retreated to > the safety of my SUV. He strutted back and forth waiting for me outside > the driver's side door until I drove off laughing out loud. > > I am sorry this is on private land with no public access. > > Anybody else experienced aggressive grouse? > > Bob Shade > Lakewood > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d8c19a1a-b848-4a7c-bb7a-bb6c5167660c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
