Dusky grouse are effectively camouflaged and cryptic much of the year, but when it comes to the spring mating season, the males are bright and bold In the early 1800s, as the expedition led by Lewis ...

Although it is a rather common year-round resident of Teller County, Dusky Grouse are reclusive so are not seen very often. Most of my observations have been while hiking or driving along trails and ...

In 2006, the American Ornithologists’ Union split the species known as the blue grouse into two species -- dusky and sooty grouse. Washington is the only state where the ranges of these two very ...

I grew up hunting grouse with my dad in the Upper Clark Fork River Valley. In those days, we hunted fool hens and blue grouse. I rarely hear the term fool hen today. The name comes from the fact that ...

LAS CRUCES - Climate change will likely wipe out populations of a forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains over the coming decades, but catastrophic wildfires may hasten the species’ ...

In the early 1800s, as the expedition led by Lewis and Clark and guided by Sacagawea pushed through the Rocky Mountains, they found and described dusky grouse, Dendragapus obscurus. In the Cascade ...