Sooty Grouse

I saw this adult female and 2 young birds today in Cypress Provincial Park. It was a real pea-souper on the mountain - very low, dense cloud so my first shots were quite foggy looking. Luckily a wind came up every so often and blew the cloud away from the birds. I was really hoping to get a shot of mom with the young ones in the same frame, but she kept chasing them away every time they got close to her! Mom actually nipped at babys tails. I think they were getting old enough that she was trying to teach them to be independent.

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5.6
iso 400
400mm
tripod