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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2021

“Gamebirds” to some, cool, cryptic understory birds to the birding people, grouse crouch protected as unfettered winds sway the top of the tall prairie grass. One such surprising experience happened with grouse. Watch and listen for the birds as they rustle through the leaf litter. Bushwacking? Not in this place.

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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

Here local people consider these birds the sacred guardians of their nesting rock formations (which are believed to house ancestral spirits), and have protected their colonies for generations. Gray-necked Picathartes foraging in leaf-litter on the forest floor in Korup National Park, Cameroon.

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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

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