One time on the road between Aspen and the Maroon Bells a male Dusky Grouse ran towards my car on the road, jumped on the hood and stared at us through the windshield. I opened the door to get a photo and he hopped off of the hood, onto the ground and next thing I knew he was up on my leg and in the car. Here's a picture of him on the dashboard. He later road on top of the car and when I tried to get him off for his own safety, he chased me up and down the road biting my legs.
Tim Mitzen <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Dtuoou3yH-8/VylMsMzch2I/AAAAAAAAACk/4LSsrmtrwtcOJjAhyZ7jSy86f80kdmsFgCLcB/s1600/grouse.jpg> On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 7:50:05 PM UTC-6, Bob Shade wrote: > > I have wanted for some years to see and photograph the elusive Dusky > Grouse displaying. Today I went to Genesee Mountain Park, Lookout Mountain, > and Mount Lindo in vain. Then I called a friend in his gated community off > of Turkey Creek Road near Tinytown (West Ranch Road). "Have you seen any > grouse?" (Excitedly) "Yes we have an "attack grouse." So I was let in, > drove to his house, and he explained exactly where the dangerous bird is. > "He attacks, dogs, people, and pecks tires!" I went to the spot on the main > road and sure enough! I did not need to find him, he found me and kept > dogging my heels. I kicked at him but he just jumped back and bored right > in again! After getting some photos (see WRShade3 on Flickr) I retreated to > the safety of my SUV. He strutted back and forth waiting for me outside > the driver's side door until I drove off laughing out loud. > > I am sorry this is on private land with no public access. > > Anybody else experienced aggressive grouse? > > Bob Shade > Lakewood > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d8c19a1a-b848-4a7c-bb7a-bb6c5167660c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
