How cute is he!!?
This is driving me nuts... I am looking at that tail, and I am 99% sure that is not a chicken. It looks so familiar though, like I should know what it is!!
This is going to drive me crazy....
How cute is he!!?
This is driving me nuts... I am looking at that tail, and I am 99% sure that is not a chicken. It looks so familiar though, like I should know what it is!!
This is going to drive me crazy....
Ok I figured it out!! (With the help of some facebook peeps!) It is a ruffed grouse!
Nice picture!
LOL thank you for your research. The apiary has many different types of birds. The owner wasn't with us on our tour, so I really was taking a poke in the dark. He was a hisser and so very cute. I have seen grouse in the wild and never saw one with this display or sound. Most drum with their wings, this one hissed. I will ask the owner when I can. inquiring minds want to know. :)
Haha no prob! I wasnt trying to be an annoying corrector, I just saw this bird and KNEW I had seen it before, and KNEW it wasnt a chicken, and it was going to drive me nuts if I didnt figure it out! I posted it in a couple facebook groups I am in and according to about 20-30 people it is for sure a ruffed grouse, (there are quite a few kinds of grouse...).