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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

These “grouse” could be too sneaky for such heavy-handed, accidental strategies. Watch and listen for the birds as they rustle through the leaf litter. With what seemed to be extreme caution, they slowly moved into sight, raising and lowering their orange crests as they ninja walked onto the trail. Bushwacking?

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Bunny Love

10,000 Birds

Predators that rely on lemmings, like the Snowy Owl , took advantage of the bounty and had great breeding success, raising large broods which, after the lemming population crashes, dispersed far and wide. Last summer saw lemmings at a high point in their population cycles. Foraging, napping, fighting. I’m a messy eater.

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