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Spruce grouse feeds on jackpine needles
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Spruce grouse feeds on jackpine needles

by Steve Foss

Category: AvianAdded November 26, 2006451 views

Upland Ground Birds, Perching Birds

Keywords: spruce, grouse, needles, green, male, wilderness, boreal, winter, summer, wilderness, Ely

A male spruce grouse consumes needles from a jackpine. Such needles are one of the spruce grouse's primary winter foods.
Image Format: Digital Capture - 7 to 9MPImage Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No