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Archibald Thorburn

Well, here's an even poorer one showing a blackcock on the track and a greyhen just taking off. I took it out of the vehicle windscreen with a little digital as I was driving up to where I was going to for deer.

How rate as table fare, please.

Black cock tail feathers used to be part of the head gear worn by the highland regiments. Now, I believe, mostly restricted to the regimental pipers and when in full dress uniform.

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A notch below wood grouse, as much as I can judge.

all wonderful photos... the "horse of the woods" is however, outstanding!

Hallo Sirs,

thank you Humpty Dumpty you remember me even I have not been here long time .
Re. this topic . Here are showen two kind of birds . First of all it is blackcock .And he livers as at the forest at the fild and also at swamps . Here at Russia we have a hunting to male of it during spring time at the moment of wedding dancing of it . I never been at this huntings .But I have seen this dances a lot but not so many birds at one place . And also during second halve of summer with pointing dogs to male and mostly to youngs when they little bite grow up but anyhow to keep a dog .I did it as I have dog - drahthaar .
During winter time usefull hunting when birds sleep at snow caverns .

And second bird - hourse of the forest - capercaillie .
Also we have hunting during spring time and it is very special as you have jump to it during night or earist morning and you have just few moments during few notes of male song . Also you could make few jumps at this moment .
Also during autumn with dogs , specialy with laika as Humpty Dumpty have wright upper .
And an other one beside of it .
As I remember we had such king of topic any time ago here.
All this huntings very sportive . But some people prefer to keep out from hunting during spring to capercaillie specialy at European part of Russia as here it is become rare .

Gregoriy, yes, here in England the blackcock dance is known as Lekking. There has been a lot of work near me to get the blackcock numbers up again as they were getting rare. They are usually driven to waiting guns like red grouse or else walked up and flushed and shot. I quite like the idea that I have seen in Finland where the birds are shot with .22 Hornet rifles and solid bullets. Lagopus.....

Our dear departed friend, Geno with Capercaille.

That is beautiful! I gotta put that on my Bird Bucket List!