Spruce Grouse (female) on trail, Silver Salmon Creek, Alaska

Silver Salmon Creek Lodge, Lake Clark National Park & Preserve, Tyonek, Alaska, USA (July 2022)

This image was taken during a trip organised by Natures Images and led by Danny Green.

Status is classified as Least Concern. For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis) / Wikipedia
BirdLife International / Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis
Cornell Lab of Ornithology / Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis

Shooting Time 17:58
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/500
Av(Aperture Value) 8.0
Exposure Compensation +2/3
ISO Speed 2000