Dusky Grouse – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Dendragapus obscurus

Dusky Grouse are one of North America’s largest grouse. They are large, chicken-like birds with blue-gray to dark gray plumage, red-orange eye combs and black squared tails.

Fall Colors In The Wasatch Mountains Plus A Male Dusky Grouse

By Mia McPherson|September 28th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Dusky Grouse, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Trees, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: aspens, autumn, autumn colors, Bountiful Peak, changing seasons, conifers, Dendragapus obscurus, Dusky Grouse, fall, fall colors, Francis Peak, Gambel Oak, grouse, male, mountains, oaks, Quaking Aspen, road, upland terrestrial birds|

This morning is cloudy and gray but seven years ago today it was bright, the air was crisp and the fall colors of the Front Range of the Wasatch Mountains were in their full glory.

Sky Line Drive and Wasatch Mountain Journeys

By Mia McPherson|July 16th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Dusky Grouse, Green-tailed Towhees, Moose, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Alces alces, alpine meadow, calf, canyons, cow, Dendragapus obscurus, Dusky Grouse, female, gravel, Green-tailed Towhee, grouse, Moose, mountains, Pipilo chlorurus, road, serviceberry, singing, sky, sparrow, sparrows, towhee, towhees, upland terrestrial birds, wildlife, wildlife photography|

I might need to go wandering up the canyons and Sky Line Drive soon just to see what birds and creatures I can find.

Female Dusky Grouse in the Wasatch Mountain Range

By Mia McPherson|July 22nd, 2013|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Dusky Grouse, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Dendragapus obscurus, Dusky Grouse, female, grouse, hen, road, Wasatch Mountain Range|

I don't see Dusky Grouse near as often as I would like to see them so I was quite happy when I saw several of them last week on my way up Skyline Drive to Bountiful Peak in northern Utah.

Dusky Grouse Male – Francis Peak

By Mia McPherson|September 29th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Dusky Grouse, Francis Peak, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, Blue Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, Dusky Grouse, fall, grouse, male, mountains, road, Sky Line Drive, upland terrestrial birds|

Near the summit of Francis Peak, elevation 9,560 feet, I spotted this Dusky Grouse male on the edge of a gravel road with a steep drop off to the west and I was able to get a few photographs of it before we motioned to a pickup truck coming down from the summit to move forward.