Today we had a Blue Grouse visiting our front yard (the Dusky Grouse sub species.) Such a pretty bird!
The pictures a little fuzzy because we were taking them through the front door glass. We didn’t want to scare the little guy away.
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Sitting next to the sidewalk is one of the pocket gopher mounds of dirt. I thought perhaps she was considering a dirt bath, but the dirt was a little bit too wet for such activity.
We see these birds every fall since we moved here, but not at other times of year. They are probably at the higher elevations. The only other place we’ve seen these is in the high Cascade mountains.