Subject: [Tweeters] Sooty Grouse (?) video
Date: Sep 1 21:41:20 2012
From: Hank Karen - karenhank at yahoo.com


Hi Tweets,
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This past Monday my wife and I went on a walk from the Sunrise (Mt. Rainier) parking lot to the Sourdough Ridge Trail and then out towards Frozen Lake.? Accompanying us were our son and two of our granddaughters.? Birding was less on our minds than usual when off to the left in the grass was what I believe to have been a female Sooty Grouse.? Here is a link to a video of this bird.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/7908555562/
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After we passed, the?grouse crossed the trail behind us...
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/7908616114/
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followed by three juveniles that had been hidden in the grass.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/7908627738/
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On the way back down we saw two American Kestrels.? Along the Sourdough Ridge trail another female Sooty Grouse crossed our path.?
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Hank Heiberg
Lake Joy
Carnation, WA
karenhankatyahoodotcom