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Bird indentification please

post #1 of 8
3/26/11 at 10:25am
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i'm sorry that the photos are not very close up. It really would not allow me to get close. I looked in my bird book and have no idea what this is. It's some sort of quail-like bird because it struts around like a dove or pigeon and it didn't fly. When I came near it just ran under our deck. When it did get alarmed the feathers on the back of the neck stuck out. Is it a grouse?

To show size - like a small hen




face - very small beak
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post #2 of 8
3/26/11 at 10:39am
Looks like a hun............hungarian partridge but the pics aren't clear enough to make a good stab at identification. It could be either a hun or a small grouse - they are all related.
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post #3 of 8
3/26/11 at 11:09am
Cute whatever it is
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post #4 of 8
3/26/11 at 11:37am
It could be a juvenile Chris that has just fledged. Various species fledge early, before they can fly properly and then spend a few days scuttling around on the ground.

The parent birds often visit to feed the fledgling - eventually they learn to fly as long as they evade the predators for long enough.
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post #5 of 8
3/26/11 at 5:24pm
From what I can see, I'd say a Grouse.
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post #6 of 8
3/26/11 at 8:17pm
beautiful Chris!......
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post #7 of 8
3/26/11 at 9:54pm
Such a pretty little thing! Thanks for sharing!
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post #8 of 8
3/26/11 at 10:02pm
Cool My first thought was Quail, but Grouse is good to
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