Forest Creatures

The most common animal I see is the varied thrush. They are cousins to the robin and are black with some orange striping. Even though I see a hundred a day, they fly away quickly so I haven't been able to get any photos.

Lately I've been hearing a lot of blue grouse and have actually seen several. Here's a half way decent shot. One night this week I was driving along around dusk and nearly hit one! It just stood there at the edge of the road. I even backed up and looked at it out the window.





That same night on the way out of the woods we ran into a porcupine lumbering down the road! As we gained on it, it went off the side of the road, meanwhile I'm scrambling for my camera - all I got was a butt-shot. =P



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