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Northern Michigan Birding One of its goals is to make sure that future generations will have the opportunity to witness the spectacular springtime courtship ritual of the Sharp-tailed Grouse. Each spring, the sharp-tailed grouse puts on one of Michigan's most fascinating bird courtship rituals. At several locations in the Lower Peninsula, sharp-tailed grouse were released from Upper Peninsula and Canadian Province populations. www.northbirding.com /rbaetsen/stgrouse/stgrouse.htm

Sharp-Tailed Grouse When the Sharp-tailed Grouse are put up, they rise with the usual whirring noise, and alight again at the distance of a few hundred yards, either on the ground or on the upper branches of a tree. In winter they roost in the snow like the Willow Grouse, and they can make their way through the loose wreaths with ease. Tail short, much graduated, of sixteen feathers, of which the lateral are three inches shorter than the central; all the feathers are more or less concave, excepting the two middle worn along the inner edge, obliquely and abruptly terminated, the two middle projecting an inch beyond the next. www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F32_G1f.html

WDNR - Sharp-tailed Grouse Sharp-tailed grouse management began in northern Wisconsin during the late 1940's and early 1950's in response to concerns of diminishing habitat. Sharp-tailed grouse require specific habitat for dancing grounds, nesting areas, brood areas, and wintering sites. This habitat ranges from prairie with grasses and forbs; to brush prairie with small, low shrubs and open woodland; to woodlands with young forests containing coniferous trees like jack pine and deciduous hardwoods like aspen. www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/wildlife/hunt/grouse/stgindex.htm

The Plains Sharp-Tailed Grouse Sharp-tailed grouse closely resemble prairie chickens except that sharp-tails have a pointed tail, and the air sacs on the neck of the male are purple. Reproduction: During the breeding season in March to June, sharp-tailed males congregate on specific areas known as dancing grounds in the early morning to impress nearby female grouse. In winter, sharp-tailed grouse also feed on buds and catkins of deciduous trees or shrubs and berries. wildlife.state.co.us /species_profiles/sharpgrouse.asp

Upland Game Identification On their dancing grounds in spring, it's pretty easy to tell the difference between male and female sharp-tailed grouse. Aging sharptails is similar to aging other grouse species. Pulling away the feathers that cover a grouse's tail reveals another way to tell males from females. www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/tools/upland/stgrouse.htm

Northern Michigan Birding Rick is an active member of a number of conservation organizations and a board member of the Michigan Sharp-tailed Grouse Association and The Spruce Grouse Society. Rick and Bonnie recently produced for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program, a slide presentation on the "Northern Saw-whet Owl and other Northern Forest Owls of Michigan" and a video on "The Butterflies of Michigan", which was highlighted with footage from Bonnie's video footage collection. Rick, Bonnie, and their children enjoy exploring the natural world and have traveled to Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Churchill-Manitoba, and the Maritime Provinces. www.northbirding.com /rbaetsen/profile.htm

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WDFW -- Final Sharp-tailed Grouse Status Report: Executive Summary Listing sharp-tailed grouse may be of concern for private landowners due to fears of government regulation. Sharp-tailed grouse in Washington are at risk because they have been reduced to small isolated populations, some of which are on degraded habitat. Harvest levels were reduced after 1920 and the hunting season for sharp-tailed grouse was closed from 1933 to 1953. www.wdfw.wa.gov /wlm/diversty/soc/status/grouse/shrpxsum.htm

University of Nebraska School of Biological Sciences We are also analyzing the ecological and behavioral mechanisms underlying the unusual phenomenon of mixed species lek formation by prairie chickens and sharp-tailed grouse. An important component of this work is a long term field study of sage grouse, whose behavior we investigate using a combination of behavioral observation, radio-tracking and genetic analysis. Ongoing studies of sage grouse includes analyses of (i) mating patterns and the genetic structure of social groups using microsatellite DNA markers and (ii) the influence of predation on male behavior at leks. www.biosci.unl.edu /faculty/gibson.asp

Sharp-tailed grouse Info In west-central Idaho study, grouse preferred big sagebrush to other summer cover types; mountain shrub and riparian cover types were critical components of winter habitat. Similar Species- Female Ring-necked Pheasant, Prairie-chickens, Ruffed Grouse Central tail feathers slightly elongated with graduated white outer tail feathers. imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/bio/birds/phsntql/stgr/stgr_inf.htm

Your Heading Goes Here Female similar to a number of species of female grouse but has a much longer, pointed tail and bare legs. A crippled deer may use its sharp hoof very effectively and do it very quickly. Declines quite severe in the East, less so in the West, and regions of increase in the eastern portions of the prairies. www.arizona-waterfowl.20m.com

Ontario Birds, Authors Index The Sharp-tailed Grouse in Thunder Bay District 21(1):2-14 Historical evidence for the occurrence of the Wild Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo) and the Sharp-tailed Grouse ( Tympanuchus www.ofo.ca /journal/journalauthors.htm

Buteo Books - Out-of-Print Catalog 19 The Moult of the North American Tetraonidæ (Quails, Partridges and Grouse. Spines dull, head and tail of spines worn, corners rubbed. Discusses the use of radar in the study of bird migration. www.buteobooks.com /cat19.html

Grouse Most well-known sharp-tailed grouse breeding habitat in the Valley is characterized by restored prairie grasses on loose sandy soils. Distribution: Sharp-tailed grouse were formerly well distributed throughout the Valley, with nest records from Pine, Polk, and St. Croix counties. Habitat: Sharp-tailed grouse are characteristic of mixed grasslands containing small groves of oak or aspen trees or shrubs. www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/1998/stcroix/tetraoni.htm   (858 words)

JS Online: Discussion: Helping little grouse on prairie Wisconsin's remaining sharp-tailed grouse population will be among the topics discussed by national wildlife biologists at a meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council to be held in Siren, in Burnett County, this week. "The northwest sands and pine barrens is the last stronghold of the sharptail in Wisconsin," said Jim Evrard, president of the Wisconsin Sharp-tailed Grouse Society, which will host the conference that runs Sept. 29 through Oct. 2. Evrard said that the loss of agriculture also is a factor because marginal agriculture in past decades created enough disturbance on the land to maintain sharp-tailed grouse. www.jsonline.com /outdoors/sep03/172998.asp?format=print   (858 words)

IA DNR: Sharp-tailed grouse Sharp-tailed grouse and Prairie chickens are often referred to as prairie grouse. Seventy seven sharp-tailed grouse were received and held by Iowa DNR for release in the Loess Hills in Monona County Iowa. While it is not likely that Iowa will provide a huntable population of sharp-tailed grouse, we can take pride in knowing that we have returned a native species to an area where it once flourished. www.iowadnr.com /wildlife/files/sharptail.html   (858 words)

Pinnated Grouse /Prairie Chicken Each permit will allow the taking of two grouse (two prairie chickens, or two sharp-tailed grouse, or one sharp-tailed grouse and one prairie chicken) for which the hunter will be provided two grouse tags. These two areas will be open for sharp-tailed grouse and pinnated grouse (prairie chicken) hunting by permit only. What kind of grouse do you think is most fun to hunt?Just wanted to check up with everyone. www.nodakoutdoors.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=3738   (858 words)

Grouse: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game In Interior and Southcentral Alaska, the brown-tipped tail distinguishes the spruce grouse from the ruffed and sharp-tailed grouse. Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) are found in the Yukon River Valley from Canada to Holy Cross, and in the valleys of the Upper Koyukuk, Upper Kuskokwim, Tanana, and Upper Copper rivers. Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) in Alaska are found in woodlands along the Yukon, Porcupine, Tanana, Kuskokwim and Upper Copper rivers, and in the Taku and Stikine river drainages in southeastern Alaska. www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/bird/grouse.php   (1443 words)

WDFW Wildlife Research: Prairie Grouse Project Recent surveys have indicated that sage grouse are primarily restricted to Douglas, Kittitas, and Yakima counties and sharp-tailed grouse are restricted to Okanogan, Douglas, and Lincoln counties. Declines in populations of sage grouse and sharp-tailed grouse have resulted in their consideration as endangered or threatened species. Grouse chicks leave the nest with their mother soon after hatching and are capable of flight in 1 week. wdfw.wa.gov /wlm/research/grouse/grouse.htm   (1443 words)

IA DNR: Wildlife Management Activity April 2001 Sharp-tailed grouse will be released in western Iowa again this spring as part of a long-range plan to establish them in their former range where they co-existed with prairie chickens and bison. Both Sharp-tailed grouse and prairie chickens (prairie grouse) were present in great numbers when the first settlers arrived in western Iowa. Agricultural development and an eastern market for “prairie grouse” caused near decimation of the population by the 1940’s. www.iowadnr.com /wildlife/files/FMAApr01.html   (1443 words)

Small Game Hunting in South Dakota -- TravelSD.com Sharp-tailed grouse can be found in the western two-thirds of the state overlapping with pheasants in the central part of the state. Sharp-tailed grouse and prairie chickens prefer mature stands of native prairie grass. Grasslands adjacent to crop lands, brushy draws and river breaks are ideal habitat situations for prairie grouse. www.travelsd.com /outdoors/hunting/smallgame_hunting.asp   (1443 words)

Tony Dean Outdoors Conservation Issues Historical accounts indicate the prairie chicken population was at a peak from around 1900 to 1930 and was likely considerably higher than the state’s native sharp-tailed grouse population. That part of the state was closed to sharp-tailed grouse hunting for many years to protect the persistent pinnated grouse, as the two are similar in appearance and flight characteristics. Prairie chickens apparently flourished in an environment of inefficient conversion of prairie to cropland. www.tonydean.com /issues.html?sectionid=5291   (1443 words)

Grouse: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game In Interior and Southcentral Alaska, the brown-tipped tail distinguishes the spruce grouse from the ruffed and sharp-tailed grouse. Blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), or “hooters,” are restricted in Alaska to the southeastern part of the state. 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)

WYOMING - LoveToKnow Article on WYOMING At high altitudes the mountain plover is found; the dusky grouse haunts the forests above 8000 ft.; the white-tailed ptarmigan is resident in the alpine regions; and on the plains are found the prairie sharp-tailed grouse and the sage-hen. The first white men certainly known to have traversed the region were Sieur de la Verendrye and his sons, who working down from Canada spent a part of the year 1743-1744 examining the possibilities of the fur trade. White fir is found above the foothill zone, and heavy growths of cottonwood along the streams in the Bighorn region. 31.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WY/WYOMING.htm   (8162 words)

UT Admin Code R657-6. Taking Upland Game. Permits for Band-tailed Pigeon, Sage-grouse, Sharp-tailed Grouse and White-tailed Ptarmigan. Importation of doves and Band- tailed Pigeons from Mexico may not exceed the maximum number permitted by Mexican authorities to be taken in any one day. (4)(a) Band-tailed Pigeon and White-tailed Ptarmigan permits are available from Division offices, through the mail, and through the Division's Internet address by the first week in August, free of charge. www.rules.utah.gov /publicat/code/r657/r657-006.htm   (6109 words)

Grouse family Several hundred miles east, the Sharp-tailed Grouse (left) engages in a vigorous foot-stomp and tail-rattling, the feet and tail tip moving so fast as to be a blur, even with fast film (left). The Grouse are a smallish family of gallinaceous birds of higher latitudes in North America and Eurasia. Booming Blue Grouse are likewise widespread in spring and early summer up in the Sierra Nevada or Rocky Mts., but trying to spot the statuesque male high in a tall fir can be very difficult. www.montereybay.com /creagrus/grouse.html   (1566 words)

Habitat Usage by Prairie Grouse on the Sheyenne National Grasslands Prairie chicken and sharp-tailed grouse nest habitat was the switchgrass portion of the Midland Habitat Type of the Hummocky Sandhills Habitat Association with mean 100% VOM of 1.5 decimeters or greater. Prairie grouse habitat use for the four seasonal periods was primarily in the Hummocky Sandhills and the Deltaic Plain Habitat Associations (Table 1). Prairie grouse used a wide diversity of habitat types in each seasonal period and their relative habitat usage varied with the activity and seasonal period (Table 1). www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu /dickinso/grassland/1009b.htm   (1566 words)

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Six of the birds: Gambel's quail, sage grouse, blue grouse, ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse and the wild turkey are native species. Sage grouse are generally not as palatable as blue grouse because of the sagebrush diet. Blue grouse can be found along ridge tops or fringes of aspen, pine, and fir with choke cherry or serviceberry understory at 8,000 to 10,000 feet in elevation during September. www.wildlife.utah.gov /uplandgame/upgame.htm   (1566 words)

Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds: Greater Sage-Grouse Brood habitats of sympatric Sage Grouse and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse in Wyoming. Grouse species typically are not suitable as hosts for such parasitism because young are precocial and leave the nest immediately after hatching. Response of a Sage Grouse breeding population to fire in southeastern Idaho. www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/literatr/grasbird/grsg/grsg.htm   (17663 words)

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