While barbecuing the other night we heard a lot of commotion up in the bushes behind our house and decided to investigate. It turned out we had six ruffed grouse devouring the berries of a tagaltar tree. We had heard that our mama grouse had five or six little ones but we haven't seen them all summer. She has certainly kept them well hidden up until now. I imagine that with our pet fox gone the little ones have had a better chance of survival this summer. Many years we've seen two or three on our property in the fall but this is the most I've seen in one place in the last six years. Mike was able to get quite close to them before they scattered: the berries must have been extra good!
Leisure Island is a family owned business that has been renting houseboats on beautiful Lake Temagami since 1980.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
And a partridge in a pear tree...
While barbecuing the other night we heard a lot of commotion up in the bushes behind our house and decided to investigate. It turned out we had six ruffed grouse devouring the berries of a tagaltar tree. We had heard that our mama grouse had five or six little ones but we haven't seen them all summer. She has certainly kept them well hidden up until now. I imagine that with our pet fox gone the little ones have had a better chance of survival this summer. Many years we've seen two or three on our property in the fall but this is the most I've seen in one place in the last six years. Mike was able to get quite close to them before they scattered: the berries must have been extra good!
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