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New lifer - Hazel grouse
maj.sujan

New lifer - Hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)

After literally combing through several kilometers of the forest, I stopped to check a call of a great tit. After few minutes I realized that it was flying around something that looked like a wasp's nest. I zoomed in with the camera and found this well camouflaged Hazel grouse sitting still on the tree.
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Location
Estenstadmarka, Trondheim, Norway
Date taken
07.03.21
Scientific name
Tetrastes bonasia
Equipment used
Nikon D7000+Sigma 150-600mm sport
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/1000, f6.3, ISO800
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Deb Burhinus
Stupendous - the last Hazel Grouse I saw was also it’s rear end after combing through dense forest for several hours. πŸ™‚
 
maj.sujan
Deb Burhinus said:
Stupendous - the last Hazel Grouse I saw was also it’s rear end after combing through dense forest for several hours. πŸ™‚
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I have another shot of it's body when it was flying away. Since it's the first time I saw this one, I had to check with Merlin and the app said it's a hazel grouse. I'm guessing they based that on the tail bands.
Can it be a female black grouse, by any chance? I'm just confirming my species ID.
 
Deb Burhinus
It’s a female Hazel Grouse - note the speckled throat and white borders round it - (male has a black throat) also the long white braces on the back and subterminal dark tail band cf to Black Grouse πŸ‘

Oops I should have said CONGRATULATIONs! 🍷

I was thrilled when I had my first one.
 
maj.sujan
Deb Burhinus said:
It’s a female Hazel Grouse - note the speckled throat and white borders round it - (male has a black throat) also the long white braces on the back and subterminal dark tail band cf to Black Grouse πŸ‘

Oops I should have said CONGRATULATIONs! 🍷

I was thrilled when I had my first one.
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Thanks!!! 18000 steps and going up and down several small hills paid off today. I may have also seen a Goldcrest next to it (another lifer, or atleast that's what it looked like based on size and color, couldn't focus through the branches)
 
Kits
Congratulations on your lifer, majsujan, and on such a wonderful portrait.
 
bievreJJ
congratulations wit this wonderful lifer, Majsujan, and two fantastic photos. Never managed to get a photo of these, only saw them a few times flying off. Top quality work, many tfs!!
 

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Britain & Europe
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Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7000
Aperture
Ζ’/6.3
Focal length
420.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1000 second(s)
ISO
800
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSC_3718.JPG
File size
10.9 MB
Date taken
Sun, 07 March 2021 3:38 PM
Dimensions
4063px x 2709px

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