Was at Tamarac NWR doing BBA work and saw: yellow-rumped warbler, purple finch, yellow-bellied sapsucker, lots of hermit thrushes and fox sparrows. There were lots of ruffed grouse drumming and on the road to Tamarac Lake I came upon a pair of grouse with the male on the ground in full display and the female in a tree about 5 feet above him. I drove within 20 feet of them and stopped to watch. They stayed frozen in position for the 10 minutes I watched and the male only moved slightly when I drove past. Also saw two turkeys mating yesterday at Hamden Slough NWR. Love is in the air!
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