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Goofy Grouse


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Sometimes they do the strangest things. Today while traveling down a seasonal rd., checking out a piece of state land, this guy  lands on my tailgate. I'm driving 10-15mph and catch a glimpse of something in my rearview mirror. I look and this guy has his feet on the top of the gate and is flapping his wings like crazy trying to stay balanced. I stop and he balances out and stands long enough for a picture..

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The grouse was attracted to the sound of a four wheeler, weed whacker, chainsaw etc.  Sadly, that is what also almost assuredly killed it.  My friend had a hired hand doing some brush cutting with a saw blade tipped weed whacker.  IIRC the bird flew right into the path of the saw and lost a leg.  Scratching the ground and hopping around was very difficult for it and probably starved to death.  I think we (my friends farm) had a four year relationship with it.  Very cool bird!

Sorry for telling the story again and showing old already seen pics.....

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