It was the blue grouse...now I don't know what it is...obscurus? fuliginosus?
Sooty Grouse
Dendragapus fuliginosus
female foraging on vegetation
Mt. Roberts,
Juneau,
Borough of Juneau, Alaska
7 August 2008
Sooty Grouse
Glacier Nat. Park, Montana
19 June 2001
Sooty Grouse
Hurricane Ridge,
Olympic N.P., WA
4 June 1999
one shot of a male and two shots of females.
Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
Naches Peak Loop Trail
about 1700 meters (5600 feet elevation)
William O. Douglas Wilderness
12q3 617
Female Grouse, Lower Enchantments
Near the top of the treeline on the south slopes of Pyramid Peak.
The Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to North America's Pacific Coast Ranges. It is closely related to the Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), and the two were previously considered a single species, the Blue Grouse.
