Spruce Grouse from great daytrip.

Same specimen that Wayne posted earlier, and that most likely Ted will post too soon...

We drove over three hours to see one and once there it only took a few minutes to locate this guy. What an approachable and extremely beautiful little bird. We found him in a tree and within what seemed like seconds it came down and landed right beside us and strutted around. I had my 100-400 on and almost never used it at the full 400mm (all these taken between 105 and 170mm). First one is 1/40s.!!

Wayne and Ted...thanks for a great day!

Wonderful shots Dan. Sharp with great lighting. Thanks for sharing.

it was an amazing day wasn,t it , you really caught this guy in some nice poses , I especially like the first one on the moss covered log ,,,, beautiful shots buddy ,,, I'm trying to figure out when I can get up there again lol

Super shots of a super bird!

Well done!

Great Color and detail on a outstanding subject, Very Well done

Images really explode with color. Very nice set.

Very nice, Dan.

I thought I saw "Spruce Goose" and was looking for an airplane!
Karen

Outstanding captures...tack sharp with beautiful colors. Excellent work Daniel.

Gorgeous birds! I really hope to find some of these up here to shoot soon. I dont have many pics of these guys in my files at all and none this nice!

Fantastic shots, with great colour. The last shot with him in the tree is my favourite though.

Mark

Excellent series here Dan of this most beautiful Grouse. A very nidce collection of poses and the details and colors look great. Very nice work!

Great series. Well captured.

Fabulous Dan! I would so much like to add this bird to my collection.

Great captures of a species that's new to me. Thanks for posting, Dan.