Lifer

Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

Habitat : Forests
Food : Plants
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Declining

"One of North America’s largest grouse, the Sooty Grouse used to be considered the darker, coastal subspecies of the Blue Grouse. Recent DNA evidence supports the spilt of the Blue Grouse into two separate species, the Dusky Grouse and the Sooty Grouse. The male’s deep booming call is hard to locate." - Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

Tags:   Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus Female Lifer Cascade Mountains Jackson County Oregon USA Mark Heatherington Bird Grouse

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