sharp-tailed grouse

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sharp-tailed grouse (shärp

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A grouse (Pediocetes phasianellus) of the northwest United States and Canada, having a short pointed tail, a pale color, and dark V-shaped breast markings.

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sharp-tailed grouse - large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America

Pedioecetes phasianellus, sprig tail, sprigtail

grouse - popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

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family Tetraonidae genus Pedioecetes grouse Pedioecetes Pedioecetes phasianellus sharp-tail sprig tail sprigtail Tetraonidae			These pines, which can grow hundreds of feet high, make up the habitat for a large number of indigenous mammals, reptiles, and plants, plus many species of birds, including northern goshawks, sharp-tailed grouse, golden eagles and red-tail hawks. Diversity in danger the Custer National forest: like many of our ... by Ierardi, Katrina / American Forests Sharp-tailed grouse were extirpated in Oregon in the 1960s, and the ODFW began trying to reintroduce the birds in the late 1990s. No accidents in unusual year by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) We saw sharp-tailed grouse standing on the shoulders of the long highway, and once we even struck several of the "prairie chickens," as seven or eight of the birds made a headlong dash in front of the speeding Buick. Where Hunters Are Welcome by Strangis, Jay / Petersen's Bowhunting			Sharking sharkskin sharksucker Sharock Sharon sharon fruit Sharp sharp end sharp practice sharp tongue sharp-angled sharp-cornered Sharp-cut sharp-eared sharp-edged sharp-eyed sharp-faced sharp-limbed sharp-nosed sharp-pointed sharp-set sharp-shinned hawk sharp-sighted sharp-sightedness sharp-tail sharp-tailed grouse sharp-tailed sparrow sharp-tasting sharp-tempered sharp-tongued sharp-toothed sharp-witted sharp-worded sharpbender Sharpe sharpen sharpened sharpener sharper Sharpeville sharpie sharpish Sharpling sharply sharpness Sharpsaw Sharpsburg sharpshoot sharpshooter sharpshooting Sharptail			Sharp, James Sharp, Phillip A. Sharp, Principal, Diffuse, Fundamental Sharp, William sharp-angled sharp-cornered sharp-crested weir Sharp-cut sharp-cutoff tube sharp-eared sharp-edged sharp-edged sharp-edged gust sharp-eyed sharp-faced sharp-limbed sharp-nosed Sharp-nosed Chameleon sharp-pointed sharp-set sharp-shinned hawk sharp-shinned hawk sharp-sighted sharp-sighted sharp-sightedly sharp-sightedly sharp-sightedness sharp-sightedness sharp-tail sharp-tailed grouse Sharp-tailed Sandpiper sharp-tailed sparrow sharp-tasting sharp-tempered sharp-tempered sharp-tongued sharp-toothed sharp-witted sharp-witted sharp-wittedly sharp-wittedly sharp-wittedness sharp-wittedness sharp-worded Sharp/Shooting sharpbender Sharpe Sharpe Sharpe (disambiguation) Sharpe Army Depot Sharpe benchmark Sharpe performance measure Sharpe Portfolio Performance Measure Sharpe ratio Sharpe ratios Sharpe's Risk Adjusted Return Sharpe's Risk-Adjusted Return Sharpe, William Sharpe, William Forsyth

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