Sharp-tailed Grouse
04/05/24 • 16 min
In Alberta, the first true colours of spring are purple and yellow. These are the colours that flowering prairie crocus display when they emerge from still-frozen soils but they are also worn by Sharp-tailed Grouse showing swollen purple neck sacs and Ru Paul-level yellow eyebrows as they dance among our first spring flowers.
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In Alberta, the first true colours of spring are purple and yellow. These are the colours that flowering prairie crocus display when they emerge from still-frozen soils but they are also worn by Sharp-tailed Grouse showing swollen purple neck sacs and Ru Paul-level yellow eyebrows as they dance among our first spring flowers.
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