Birds Identified: Sharp-tailed Grouse
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Sharp-tailed Grouse has these characteristics:
- Walking, wading, running
- Larger than robin
- Tail long
- Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
- Streaks (long spots)
- Tail stripes (along)
- North summer (June through August)
- North winter (November through February)
- South summer (June through August)
- South winter (November through February)
- Wood habitat
- Field habitat
- On ground (walking, wading, running, hopping, or resting on ground)
- Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
- Soft, low calls
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org