"I don't see any grouse."
Posted on 08/05/2015 2:13:08 PM PDT by george76
The sage grouse population has exploded in the last two years, growing by nearly two-thirds from more than 49,000 males in 2013 to more than 80,000 this year.
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This is encouraging news for the bird, and for the people whose lives would be turned upside down by the federal government if it still insists on listing the critter as an endangered species on the brink of extinction.
The report considered the population across the bird’s 11-state habitat, with specific news on the growth in Colorado numbers
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The report falls on the heels of a gloom and doom forecast by environmentalists, who insist that male populations have decreased by half.
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What remains to be seen is which report the government will take into account when making its listing decision in September – the cherry-picked account commissioned by Pew Charitable Trusts, or fish and wildlife experts.
(Excerpt) Read more at coloradopeakpolitics.com ...
Send some to OK so they can teach their cousin, the prairie chicken, how it’s done.
Quick! Someone name them all Cecil.....
Global Warming?
The birds have been busy.
Nothing scares the crap out of your more than when you are stalking along deer/elk hunting and flush a grouse that sat until you were on top of it. Especially at dusk or dawn when the light is low.
The enviro-nazis will be heart broken but fear not, they’ll come up with another phony reason to get them listed as an endangered species.
And speaking of greater sage-grouse, everyone on our crew saw some this year while doing bird surveys. Except me! I must have been FReeping and didn't look up! Haha!
Still in the field, by the way. Wearing out. Getting too old for this, methinks.
"I don't see any grouse."
LOL! A birder who can’t spot the birds? Gotta make more noise and start kicking the sage. :-)
Via-grouse?
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