Hi All, I am currently on the homeward leg of an Alaskan bird watching trip. During my travels I was speaking to some hunters in Barrow who were gloating about a recent Grouse Grand Slam where they had shot three grouse species in a day in Idaho. This got me thinking, would it be possible to complete a non-lethal Grouse Grand Slam with all 7 North American grouse species (12 species if you include ptarmigan and prairie-chicken) being observed during the breeding season in one short, say 2week trip? From what I can gather this would involve crossing through at least 4 states (Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Kansas and maybe even venturing across the boarder into British Columbia) Does anyone know if this is possible? Has it been done? There are probably tour guides out there offering this service but I couldn’t locate any during a quick internet search! It would be quite an adventure!!! Regards, Brendan Cook Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:30:48 -0700, brendan cook < bcook84@hotmail.com> wrote: It’s usually called a “Chicken Run” normally consisting of an April trip to the four corners of Colorado where it is possible to get Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Lesser Prairie-Chicken Greater Sage-Grouse Gunnison Sage-Grouse Dusky Grouse White-tailed Ptarmigan With a summer trip to Alaska one could reasonably add Willow Ptarmigan Rock Ptarmigan Spruce Grouse Ruffed Grouse To add Sooty Grouse would require a separate trip to one of the Pacific states or British Columbia. Colorado “Chicken Runs” are quite popular and lots of fun but getting all 12 species in a single two-week trip would be crazy. — Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA “It turns out we’re very good at not seeing things” – Jack Hitt _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Hi Brendan, April is the time for the famous ‘Chicken Run’ in Colorado, where you can get the following grouse at their leks: Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Greater Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus Gunnison Sage Grouse Centrocercus minimus Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus Greater Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus cupido Lesser Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura This leaves you with the following species: Ruffed Grouse Spruce (& Franklin’s) Grouse Willow Ptarmigan Rock Ptarmigan Sooty Grouse Cheers, Nikolas A/Prof Nikolas Haass | Head, Experimental Melanoma Therapy Group The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Level 6 | Translational Research Institute | 37 Kent Street | Woolloongabba QLD 4102 T: +61 (0)7 3443 7087 | M: +61 (0)424 603 579 F: +61 (0)7 3443 6966 E: n.haass1@uq.edu.au | W: http://www.di.uq.edu.au …Turning scientific discoveries into better treatmentsŠ CRICOS Code 00025B This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private or confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, you must take no action based on it, nor show a copy to anyone. Kindly notify the sender by reply email. Opinions and information in this email which do not relate to the official business of The University of Queensland shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University On 26/06/14 5:30 AM, “brendan cook” < bcook84@hotmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org