Ruffed Grouse, Berwick

[Scott Richardson]

Yesterday afternoon, walking the edge of Hubbard Road, Berwick, I flushed a ruffed grouse. I guess it didn't mind all the car traffic but a pedestrian put it over the edge. I got to see it wind through a maze of spindly pines as it snuck away twice on foot, but I could never get binoculars up and on it before it was too far in to see.

Scott Richardson

[Sean Hatch]

I also froze a Ruffed Grouse driving down Blinn Hill Rd. yesterday Almost to summit in Dresden. Also in same area I came across a mystery game bird. Not a Chukar or pheasant. Odd bird.

[Cathie Murray]

Hi Sean,

do you have any further description of your mystery bird?

We found a bobwhite in central Maine, years ago, and there is a hunting season for them in Maine, so folks are still raising and releasing them.

I was once surprised by guinea fowl in high grass. They turned out to have wandered from a nearby farm.

Besides pheasant, bobwhite and chukar, do folks know any other bird species raised for hunting in Maine?

Hope to hear your mystery bird solution!