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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7692 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
Happened to me today. That was a new experience. Seemed different than when I've seen males strutting around doing their mating dance. This definitely seemed like "You're on my turf, I don't want you here, get out!" This was on Chatter Creek trail on my way back down. No hikers or grouse were injured during the standoff fortunately.
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11272 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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treeswarper
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:50 pm
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This beastie was chasing my pickup down the road one day. I stopped and this happened.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7692 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
The grouse I saw today made that same sort of gurgling sound as the one in your video, but it also sort of clucked like a chicken, and it distinctly hissed at me. Whenever a critter, be it snake, lizard, mammal or whatever, hisses, that's not a friendly sound.
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GeoHiker Rocky Walker
Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 6033 | TRs | Pics Location: Off the Deep End |
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GeoHiker
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:10 pm
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This isn't unusual, they are nesting and have babies now, so will be on high alert. I was warned today on my hike by a feisty lady grouse. I didn't see any babies, but it was doing the broken wing drag along to get me away from something. Rocky was very interested too......
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7692 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
Mine didn't do the broken wing routine, but it did flutter it's wings at me.
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GeoHiker Rocky Walker
Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 6033 | TRs | Pics Location: Off the Deep End |
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GeoHiker
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:29 pm
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Safety glasses this time of year. Grouse can fly up and peck your eyes out......Many have lost sight because of this. You were lucky.
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7692 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
It's scary out there. I had a chipmunk sneak attack my pack the day before while Billy the goat was distracting me.
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Hiker Mama Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 3448 | TRs | Pics Location: Lynnwood |
The book Up: A Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure by Patricia Ellis Herr describes a hilarious (after the fact) encounter with a terrifying grouse when she was hiking with her children.
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PorcupinePhobia Murse
Joined: 04 Mar 2012 Posts: 1002 | TRs | Pics Location: Hwy20 |
Last year we got charged by a hen along Bridge Creek on the way to Stehekin. Then at Moore Point 2 days later, a hen walked up to our picnic with 5 chicks and just started pecking around our feet. Her confidence had me worried
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Tvashtar Tvashtalker
Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 1225 | TRs | Pics Location: The 11th Dimension |
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Tvashtar
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:53 am
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Enough is enough. If they don't give you a heart attack, they attack directly.
This avian terrorism will not stand.
"We are, all of us, in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
"We are, all of us, in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
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gb Member
Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 6303 | TRs | Pics
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:00 am
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That's it. There is no way I'm going hiking and risk getting attacked:
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AlpineRose Member
Joined: 08 May 2012 Posts: 1953 | TRs | Pics
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Yeah, god forbid birds should start acting like......us.
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The Lead Dog Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 981 | TRs | Pics Location: Kent Wa |
Doe deer will give a good stomping if you get too close to a fawn. Motherhood brings out the instinct for sure. Moose are by far the worst though.
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Redwic Unlisted Free Agent
Joined: 23 Feb 2009 Posts: 3292 | TRs | Pics Location: Going to the Prom(inence) |
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Redwic
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Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:51 pm
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Tvashtar wrote: | Enough is enough. If they don't give you a heart attack, they attack directly.
This avian terrorism will not stand. |
The avian flew.
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
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Random Walker Alpine Indolence
Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 320 | TRs | Pics Location: PNW |
Ate one once...
I love the smell of deet in the morning.
The smell, you know that deet smell, the whole mountain.
Smelled like... victory.
I love the smell of deet in the morning.
The smell, you know that deet smell, the whole mountain.
Smelled like... victory.
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