Tympanuchus phasianellus

tags: Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus, photographed at roughly 9am in the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours] Image: Bardiac, 7 June 2009 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus, photographed at roughly 9am in the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. [I will identify these birds for you tomorrow] Image: Bardiac, 7 June 2009 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.