Description
Male spruce grouse courting a female walking on the moss and lichen forest floor black spruce forest are covered in this stuff in the trees and forest floor Stuff in the trees is called Usnea [Old mans beard ] on the ground is caribou lichen
Taken in northern ontario [Cochrane] Full frame image taken at 280 mm these guys aren't really scared of man up there and he was really interested in the female who was in a tree up above us
Taken By
mark golding
Taken On
June 6, 2023
Tagged
grouse
sprucegrouse
animal
bird
Bird
Phasianidae
Beak
Plant
Galliformes
Feather
Grass
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Focal:
280
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Lens Model:
60.0-600.0 mm f/4.5-6.3
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Shutter speed:
0.0015625
sec
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Aperture: f/
5.6
