Grouse ID Help
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The second one is definitely a Ruffie. The first one looks like a blue with some lighter colors.
I always look for the little "Mohawk" on the ruffies. The blues tend to have a bigger beak and smoother head feathers. The blues are also about the size of a chicken.
I always look for the little "Mohawk" on the ruffies. The blues tend to have a bigger beak and smoother head feathers. The blues are also about the size of a chicken.
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First one is a blue grouse. notice the darker-colored tail with light band on tip.
Second photo I think is a little tough by the one picture it is difficult to tell. It has the markings that help identify a ruffed grouse (erect tail, crest) but it looks too similar to a juvenile blue...like the blue in the first photo.
Although I want to say ruffed on the second photo, I believe they are both blue grouse yearlings. The ruffed is marked just a bit different with different color variations and patterns on the flank, tail, and head. A ruffs tail is lighter and then a darker band on the tip, where a blue is typically darker with a lither tip. Notice how similar both photos are.
Let's see more photos of the second bird.
Just my explanations.
First one is a blue grouse. notice the darker-colored tail with light band on tip.
Second photo I think is a little tough by the one picture it is difficult to tell. It has the markings that help identify a ruffed grouse (erect tail, crest) but it looks too similar to a juvenile blue...like the blue in the first photo.
Although I want to say ruffed on the second photo, I believe they are both blue grouse yearlings. The ruffed is marked just a bit different with different color variations and patterns on the flank, tail, and head. A ruffs tail is lighter and then a darker band on the tip, where a blue is typically darker with a lither tip. Notice how similar both photos are.
Let's see more photos of the second bird.
Just my explanations.
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I knew the blue was a blue. But I really thought I had found a Ruffed in an area that doesn't historically have Ruffed Grouse. I was thinking I had made some kind of discovery, but I got shot down and told that my "Ruffed" was just another blue by the experts. Sometimes we see what we want to more than what is actually there. I guess a guy can make a mistake.
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