Spruce Grouse (fledgling)
Nominate subspecies
Falcipennis canadensis canadensis
Family Phasianidae
North Pole Mountain, Christmas Mountains, New Brunswick
2 July 2010
A small family of spruce grouse was foraging along the logging road when they all flushed at my approach. Once in the tree branches, the small fledglings relied on their cryptic plumage and remained motionless.