I'm sure many of you remember the verses where Bourget advised to enjoy the meat grouse, while there is such a possibility.What is this bird?Does their meat is so high nutritional value?
Yes, birds grouse appreciated around the world just for their good taste dietary meat.But the forest is very difficult to get them, because their coloring almost completely drained from the bark and branches.However, you can see them on the noisy flight and whistles that these birds communicate with each other.
Grouse - a medium-sized bird, whose size is approximately equal to that of a medium blue.Weight up to about 500, the plumage is gray, speckled with reddish tan and black.His head is crowned with a slightly conspicuous tuft why birds grouse are interesting and unusual look.
In flight this bird seems smoky, and at the edge of the tail stands out black stripe.Distinguish between male and female simple: first the throat painted a dark color, which you can see the white spot.All European bird grouse much darker and smaller than their relatives who live in Siberia.
Typically, they are found in spruce and mixed forests (with a predominance of conifers), and often they can be found in the river valleys and glades of light.Ironically, in pure pine forests, they almost never occur.
In general, this bird inhabits almost all the forests in our country, except for the land of Kamchatka.It is believed that by the fall of their population grows to 30 million units, and in the taiga 100 hectares of forest accounts for about 20 individuals.
By nature grouse birds are sedentary species, although, if necessary, easy to make long flights.Although they are only caused by the depletion of food resources in the forest.
season, the general strongly influences their food.In winter and autumn, they eat the "earrings" alder and birch, biting the kidneys, and in the summer switch to insects and their larvae, not disdaining the seeds of grasses and herbs, when they are able to milk ripeness.
By fall, they get off in small flocks of 5-10 birds, but often kept in pairs.If the birds find berries, then settled on the nearest tree, eating all the stocks of blueberries, cranberries and cranberry.Siberians know that in the winter they hibernate in the drifts constantly, spending the daytime in the branches of fir and pine trees.
As for nesting, the grouse - a bird rather "careless", as they make a nest on the ground, often not bothering to long activities for its settlement.
Hunters are known for their extremely careful behavior.But if they frighten off, the noise will not be wrong flight.This is due to the fact that during the flight they often flapped periodically passing on planning.
autumn and spring, you can often hear that most of their prolonged whistle, which we have already mentioned above.Current at these birds begins in the spring, with the exact date not: for such an important event, they start only after the established warm and sunny weather.Therefore, grouse bird (which has a photo in the article) can serve as an excellent "barometer", indicating good weather.
