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  • Greater Sage-grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus

    Greater Sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus

  • Ruffed Grouse 
Bonasa umbellus

    Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus

  • Blue Grouse
a.k.a. "Dusky Grouse"

    Blue Grouse a.k.a. "Dusky Grouse"

  • White-tailed Ptarmigan

    White-tailed Ptarmigan

  • Sharp-tailed Grouse
Tympanuchus phasianellus

    Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus

  • Spruce Grouse, Franklin's variety

    Spruce Grouse, Franklin's variety

  • Ring-necked Pheasant

    Ring-necked Pheasant

  • Dusky Grouse performs mating display

    Dusky Grouse performs mating display

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  • Greater Prairie Chicken
Tympanuchus cupido

    Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido

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  • Greater Sage-grouse

    Greater Sage-grouse

  • Greater Sage-grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus

    Greater Sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus

  • Greater Prairie Chicken
Tympanuchus cupido

    Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido

  • Blue Grouse, Dusky variety

    Blue Grouse, Dusky variety

  • Dusky Grouse / Blue Grouse

    Dusky Grouse / Blue Grouse

  • Greater Sage-grouse on the lek

    Greater Sage-grouse on the lek

  • Sooty Grouse / Blue Grouse

    Sooty Grouse / Blue Grouse

  • Morning Dove

    Morning Dove

  • Morning Dove

    Morning Dove

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  • Franklin's Spruce Grouse

    Franklin's Spruce Grouse

  • Ring-necked Pheasant

    Ring-necked Pheasant

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  • Ruffed Grouse on the drumming log

    Ruffed Grouse on the drumming log

  • Ruffed Grouse drumming

    Ruffed Grouse drumming

  • California Quail

    California Quail

  • Ring-necked Pheasants, female and male

    Ring-necked Pheasants, female and male

  • Chukar Partridge

    Chukar Partridge

  • Greater Sage-grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus

    Greater Sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus

  • Chukar Partridge

    Chukar Partridge

  • California Quail

    California Quail

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  • Greater Prairie Chicken
Tympanuchus cupido

    Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido

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  • Sharp-tailed Grouse
Tympanuchus phasianellus

    Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus

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  • Greater Sage-grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus

    Greater Sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus

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  • Dusky phase Blue Grouse.  
Note that the Dusky phase has a mauve-colored cheek sac, and that the tail is a solid dark grey with a very thin silver tip to the feathers.  The Sooty phase has a yellow cheek sac, and the Sooty's tail feathers sport a very broad silvery band across the tip.

    Dusky phase Blue Grouse. Note that the Dusky phase has a mauve-colored cheek sac, and that the tail is a solid dark grey with a very thin silver tip to the feathers. The Sooty phase has a yellow cheek sac, and the Sooty's tail feathers sport a very broad silvery band across the tip.

  • Sooty phase Blue Grouse.   The yellow cheek sac and the broad silver band across the tail tip distinguished the Sooty phase from the Dusky phase.

    Sooty phase Blue Grouse. The yellow cheek sac and the broad silver band across the tail tip distinguished the Sooty phase from the Dusky phase.

  • Ruffed Grouse 
Bonasa umbellus

    Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus

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  • Ruffed Grouse

    Ruffed Grouse

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