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	Grouse: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		Blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), or “hooters,” are restricted in Alaska to the southeastern part of the state.
		In Interior and Southcentral Alaska, the brown-tipped tail distinguishes the spruce grouse from the ruffed and sharp-tailed grouse.
		One of the more rewarding and sporting means of hunting blue grouse is to stalk “hooting” males in April and May. Spruce grouse hunters generally try to be out on the clear frosty mornings of September and October, when birds are seeking grit at locations where bare soil or gravel is exposed.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/bird/grouse.php (1443 words)

	British Columbia's Bountiful Blue Grouse
		Blue grouse are cyclical so the total number in the province is estimated to vary between 500,000 and 1,500,000 birds annually.
		Blue grouse tend to have large clutch numbers of eggs, up to fifteen, although 6 to 10 is the average.
		Blue grouse food is so variable that it cannot be used as a locator should you wish to find flocks of these chicken sized birds.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/angling/protalk/thornton/bgrouse.phtml (1018 words)

	Upland Game Birds
		The sage grouse is a native of the sagebrush areas of central and southeastern Oregon and is not found west of the cascades.
		Blue grouse have a similar distribution as ruffed grouse but are usually more abundant at higher elevations.
		Blue grouse eat berries, insects and the needles and buds of conifer trees.
	www.dfw.state.or.us /ODFWhtml/springfield/upland.html (2727 words)

	Blue Grouse Hunting & Species Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blue grouse are considered forest grouse, but during different times of the year they utilize distinctly different habitat types.
		Blue grouse winter in the high country roosting and feeding in stands of Douglas fir and lodgepole pine.
		Blue grouse courtship displays are not as centralized as sage or sharp-tailed grouse.
	wildlife.state.co.us /species_profiles/BlueGrouse/index.asp (889 words)

	Blue grouse provides challenge
		Blue grouse seem to prefer mixes of vegetation, he says, such as patches of aspens and firs.
		Blue grouse don't like to get wet, so they'll often fly out to an open road after roosting, rather than set down in wet vegetation.
		The Game and Fish Department says that because blue grouse are fairly scarce and because the areas they live in are so high and steep, the number of grouse hunters is usually low.
	www.azcentral.com /travel/arizona/outdoors/articles/1110out-main1110.html (681 words)

	Audubon WatchList - Blue Grouse
		The Blue Grouse is a large, dark grouse, bluish to flish overall.
		The Blue Grouse is a species of the western mountains of North America occurring from southeast Alaska and Yukon south along the Pacific coast to California and inland through mountains to New Mexico and Arizona.
		Inland Blue Grouse breed in shrub/steppe and grassland areas, in alpine or subalpine ecotones, or in forest in or bordering montane areas.
	audubon2.org /webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=40 (666 words)

	Blue Grouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blue grouse are bluish-gray, chickenlike birds restricted in Arizona to elevations above 8,500 feet in mixed conifer and aspen forests.
		Blue grouse in Arizona do not migrate downhill during the winter months as they do in the more northern states.
		Since that time, a variety of grouse season dates have been authorized, but the number of grouse hunters has remained low due to the birds general scarcity and the steep terrain and high elevations of their habitat.
	www.gf.state.az.us /h_f/game_blue_grouse.shtml (337 words)

	Blue Grouse Vineyards, Duncan, British Columbia
		Blue Grouse Vineyards is a family-operated winery established in 1989 as the second business of its type on Vancouver Island.
		Blue Grouse Wines are available in many resorts and fine dining establishments on Vancouver Island and in the city of Vancouver.
		Blue Grouse is located 45 km north of Victoria or 7 km south of Duncan, just 1 km west of the Highway.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /attractions/wineries/bluegrouse.html (270 words)

	Blue Grouse
		The range of the blue grouse is closely associated with the distribution patterns of true firs and Douglas-fir in the western states.
		Blue grouse feed extensively on green leaves, flower heads, seeds, fruits, conifer needles and buds, and insects during the spring, summer, and fall.
		Primary wintering needs of blue grouse appear to be sufficient trees to provide roosting and escape cover and a supply of needles and buds from such trees as fir, larch, and Douglas-fir as a source of food.
	www.animalrangeextension.montana.edu /Articles/Forage/Animals/Blue-grouse.htm (437 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blue Grouse are found in open woods or clearings in mature pine or fir and Douglas fir forests at a wide range of elevations, most often at mid-elevations.
		Blue Grouse are usually found singly, not in flocks, (except for hens with young), and are generally fairly wary.
		Blue Grouse are still common in mixed and coniferous forests at all elevations throughout most of Washington, with the exception of the Puget lowlands.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=122 (851 words)

	REACTIONS OF MALE BLUE GROUSE TO INTRUSIONS BY AN OBSERVER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The possibility that Blue Grouse may habituate to repeated intrusions by the same observer is suggested by an observation of Blackford (1958) that the displays of a particular male became less intense and the comb color less red as the bird became less wary.
		SUMMARY Reactions of 89 male Blue Grouse towards a single observer on 474 encounters are summarized.
		I studied the social behavior of male Blue Grouse during the summers of 1971 to 1974 on the Comox Burn study area of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, as part of a long-term population study by J. Ben- dell, F. Zwickel, and their students and associates (see Zwickel 1972).
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/JFO/v054n01/p0077-p0083.html (4185 words)

	Further Observations on the Breeding Behavior of a Blue Grouse Population in Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A migrant flock of 10 Blue Grouse of both sexes was encountered in the ravine on April 3, 9, and 12.
		In spring, grouse often seek growing buds and new needle tufts of young trees, but this type of selection would not occur in the forests in winter; hence no such correlation as to size and dispersal of trees would be noticeable then.
		Communal display in 1959.--Toward evening on May 11, Male H on territory 4 was alerted by arrival of two Blue Grouse, a female from the timber to the northwest where a pair was known to court and a male in a fir at the boundary of his territory.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v065n06/p0485-p0513.html (21437 words)

	Spacing Behavior and Population Regulation in Female Blue Grouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We suggest that their popula- tion may not be a good model for other populations of Blue Grouse and examine their major criticisms of our earlier work (Zwickel 1972, 1980; Hannon and Zwickel 1979).
		The population of Blue Grouse on Stuart Island probably is not typical of other populations on the west coast.
		Here, Blue Grouse were re- moved from a 625-ha area in 1970 and from 1974 to 1976, and were replaced by large numbers of year- ling birds.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v104n02/p0344-p0345.html (1320 words)

	Field & Stream - Blue Grouse of Mann Gulch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But blue grouse know where to live-in the penthouses of the West-so any excuse is good enough to shoulder a shotgun and climb to blue grouse country.
		Blue grouse populations are in decline these days, and no wonder.
		The Montana limit on blues is three birds, but one is a big piece of meat, so for the moment we were satisfied.
	www.fieldandstream.com /fieldstream/hunting/article/0,13199,191858,00.html (1209 words)

	Blue Grouse T HE BLUE GROUSE is my bird
		The blue grouse is the largest of its species in the western states and provinces.
		Blue grouse choose both elevation and cover that will provide their young with insects during the first 10 days of their lives.
		There are several ways to hunt blue grouse: Put bird dogs on him and shoot over points; send flushing Labs or springers in and roust him out of his hideaway; or just take off, cross-country, hoping for voluntary flushes.
	www.hunting101.com /smallgame/northamerica/grouse/BlueGrouse.htm (1342 words)

	Blue Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus
		The Dusky Grouse group are lighter, have squared tails and the neck patch is darker yellow to reddish-purple, D.
		Blue Grouse - Brief fact sheet from the Government of Alberta.
		Blue Grouse Photos - From Animal Diversity Web by the University of Michigan.
	www.gbwf.org /grouse/bluegrouse.html (250 words)

	Food Habits of Blue Grouse
		SUMMARY The food habits of Blue Grouse vary from a simple winter diet that is made up predominantly of coniferous needles to a complex diet during the summer months, char- acterized by great variety of foods including green leaves, fruits and seeds, flowers,' animal matter and coniferous needles.
		The diets of the two species of Blue Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus and Denclragapus fuliginosus, are quite similar as far as major types of food are concerned, but they differ considerably in the species that are taken.
		The food habits of the two closely related species Of Blue Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus and Dendragapus fuliginosus, are dis- cussed separately, chiefly because of the great difference in the vegetation found within their respective ranges, which reflects itself in the food of these birds.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v046n03/p0112-p0120.html (6412 words)

	bl_grous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Blue Grouse occupies a wide variety of habitat types throughout the province from near sea level to the alpine regions at 2,050 m elevation.
		Non-territorial adult males (>2 years) appear to be "not uncommon" within populations of breeding Blue Grouse on the coast (Lewis, R.A. They wander throughout the summer, their movements encompassing the territories of other males.
		The Blue Grouse is divided into 8 subspecies in North America, 4 of which occur in British Columbia.
	rbcm1.rbcm.gov.bc.ca /nh_papers/gracebell/english/bl_grous.html (1341 words)

	Blue Grouse
		Blue grouse favor high mountain meadows in summer and fall, often feeding on insects and seeds on exposed ridges like Spring Mountain, Bald Mountain, or Indian Post Office.
		The hunters, their objective being to kill deer or bear, probably did not carry fowling pieces (shotguns), and shooting one in flight with a rifle, aiming more or less straight up in the air, would have been the test of a fine weapon and a superior marksman.
		Contrary to what one might expect, blue grouse move upslope with the onset of winter, to feed on the needles of conifers, and sometimes roost under the snow.
	www.lewis-clark.org /content/4map79_blue-grouse.htm (640 words)

	Blue Grouse Detailed Information - Montana Animal Field Guide
		The Blue Grouse is the largest of Montana's three species of mountain grouse.
		Blue Grouse are most likely to be confused with Spruce (Franklin) Grouse in Montana.
		Male Spruce Grouse, however, are considerably smaller than male Blue Grouse and have a fl breast patch.
	fwp.state.mt.us /fieldguide/detail_ABNLC09020.aspx (508 words)

	Press Release 09/19/03 - HUNTERS ASKED TO DROP SAGE AND BLUE GROUSE WINGS IN BARRELS - 1137
		Sage and blue grouse hunters are urged to drop one wing from each bird in barrels placed on hunting routes across the state.
		An estimated 4,800 sage grouse and 13,900 blue grouse were harvested in Wyoming last year.
		West Nile Virus, a disease known to afflict horses and humans was recently identified as the cause of death of 11 sage grouse near Gillette, prompting the GandF to close the season in Campbell, Sheridan and Johnson counties.
	gf.state.wy.us /services/news/pressreleases/03/09/19/030919_2.asp (347 words)

	Blue Grouse - Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		long) of the blue grouse are distinctive characteristics.
		Blue grouse occur only in the foothills and mountains.
		In spring, grouse move down to lightly wooded mountain valleys or foothills.
	www3.gov.ab.ca /srd/fw/hunting/bg.html (257 words)

	Blood parasites of blue grouse (Dendragapus Obscurus) in western North America -- Mahrt et al. 27 (3): 482 -- Journal ...
		Three hundred thirty-three blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) were examined for blood parasites from 11 sites: southern Yukon Territory, southeast coastal Alaska, northern and central interior British Columbia, south coastal British Columbia, northcentral Washington, southcentral Oregon, northwestern California, eastcentral Nevada, northwestern Colorado, and westcentral Montana.
		The range of these parasites in blue grouse was extended to a more northern (Yukon Territory) and more southern distribution (Nevada than previously reported.
		Ranges were also extended to blue grouse populations in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.
	www.jwildlifedis.org /cgi/content/abstract/27/3/482 (198 words)

	Grouse -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grouse are from the order (Pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins) Galliformes which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the (The hemisphere north of the equator) northern hemisphere.
		They are (A contest with rules to determine a winner) game and are sometimes hunted for (Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment) food.
		This group is related to other members of the gamebird family as follows.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/grouse.htm (420 words)

	Blue Grouse Hunts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To our knowledge, we are the only outfitters in Colorado to offer high-country blue grouse and ptarmigan hunts.
		In fact, you can check it out on the Outdoor Life Network, on "Bird Dogs Forever." Our show was the most popular in their 13-week series, and was the first-ever TV program on blue grouse hunting.
		BLUE GROUSE Day hunts (clients provide lodging, 2 gun minimum, lunch included) Blue grouse hunting available only September 1-October 7.
	www.outwestguides.com /grousehunts.htm (434 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		The deep booming hoots of a courting male Blue Grouse are audible for many yards but because they are so low in pitch, the bird itself can be extremely difficult to find.
		It is worth the effort, however, because as he hoots, the male fans his tail over his back, spreads the feathers on his neck to reveal the patch of brightly colored skin, and erects the combs over the eyes, producing a striking display.
		In winter this grouse feeds exclusively on conifer needles; its summer diet consists of insects, seeds, and berries.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0169 (166 words)

	Hunting upland game birds in Idaho - western bird shooting for pheasant, chukar, Hungarian partridge, sage grouse, ...
		Sagehens, pheasants, forest grouse, and mature chukars are relatively large birds and are slow to cool out.
		Hunt ruffed grouse along moist deciduous-foliaged ravines, pretty much statewide but especially in northern half of the state.
		Blues often fly onto low tree limbs when disturbed.
	www.idfishnhunt.com /bestbird.htm (1330 words)

	Blue Grouse Pointers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blue Grouse would like to welcome you to our Internet home.
		We here at Blue Grouse believe in the greatness of a dog and keeping that greatness alive.
		Blue Grouse provides affordable field trial level gundogs not just for the avid field trialer, but the average hunter as well.
	www.geocities.com /bluegrousepointers (235 words)

	Okanagan Vacation Rental, Blue Grouse Ranch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Welcome to Blue Grouse Bay - First class rental accommodation on Okanagan Lake.
		Located in a quiet secluded area off Westside Rd. known as Blue Grouse Ranch.
		This accommodation sleeps 7 comfortably and is just 5 minutes south of Okanagan Lake Resort and only 15 minutes from the City of Kelowna, making it a perfect location for families seeking a fun-filled family vacation in the Sunny Okanagan.
	www.okanaganvacationrental.com (270 words)

	Habitat
		Features include strong, transparent wings which generate a blue light that can only be viewed by fairy eyes and a soft buzzing that sounds like ringing bells.
		Sage grouse and blue grouse are chicken-sized birds that live year round in the Miller Hill habitat.
		Grasses include several species of fescue, blue grass, blue gramma, buffalo grass, needle and thread grass, foxtail, western wheat grass and wild rye.
	www.stumpfairies.com /habitat.htm (2162 words)

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