About two years ago in summer, while doing the daily destruction of a
beaver dam, I was accosted by a grouse which (who?) tried to engage me
in conversation. Or maybe it was "laying the word on" me?
It was persistent, leaving only when I did and I got within 2 feet of it.


Previous relationship with grouse was as predator, but the local forest 
is full of evergreens (balsam), so think they would taste bad (note the 
foul taste of Norwegian spruce beer). Never shot any here.

William

On 12/17/2011 07:30 PM, Ray Audette wrote:
> This afternoon, while practicing his parkour, my son, Gray Hawk ( now
> 16),  climbed to the roof of a building.  While he was sitting there
> on the precipice taking in the view, a Redtail Hawk landed (within a
> foot) next to him.  They sat there together for a few minutes until
> my son turned and looked into the hawks eyes.  Only then did he take
> off.
>
> Gray Hawk was four weeks old the first he went hunting with a Redtail
> Hawk.  How today's bird recognized him is a great mystery.
>
> Ray Audette NeanderThin.com
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