Subject: [Tweeters] Blueg Grouse info please
Date: Sep 14 09:56:11 2006
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net


Jesse and Tweets - the main article in the next issue of WOSNews, the
newsletter of the Washington Ornithological Society, will be on the topic of
identification, status, and distribution of the two species of "Blue
Grouse". For WOS members, WOSNews 105 should be arriving within a couple of
weeks.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Ellis" <jme29 at cornell.edu>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:11 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Blueg Grouse info please


> Hi all-
>
> I've gotten one response about the probable ID of blue grouse at Mount
> Baker, but I'd really love to know where resources are that define both
> range and differentiating characteristics of Sooty vs. Dusky better. I
> believe there was some discussion of this, and I'm not looking to
> resurrect a topic gone by already, but if any info came up or especially
> if there are any archived accounts or resources housed elsewehre that came
> up, please email me OFF LIST. Thank you!
>
> From the scant resources I can find, the birds we saw at Ptarmigan Ridge
> were somewhat intermediate. They had tail-bands (a la Sooty), but had
> yellowish combs and lots of white on the breast feathers, a la Dusky.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jesse
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