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Ruffed grouse is hungry after winter storm.

January 2, 2011 at 2:21AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
00515-073.19 Ruffed Grouse pauses while feeding on crab apples after recent snow fall clings to branches.  Hunt, silhouette, food, red splendor.
(Photo by Bill Marchel/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

On New Years Day I photographed this ruffed grouse silhouetted against the afterglow. It was feeding on crab apples while ice and snow from the recent storm still clung to the branches and fruit.

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