Many years ago in Massachusetts one flew into my plate glass window and 
broke it and died.  I ate the grouse, and it was delicious (cooked, with 
herbs, of course).  The window replacement was a couple of hundred dollars.
                Jean Harrison
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Copenhaver" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 7:23 PM
Subject: [VTBIRD] Ruffed Grouse hit window


>I was in my garage this afternoon and heard a loud bang that hit the garage
> hard enough to make the garage door springs vibrate.  I went outside and
> found a dead grouse on the lawn about 15 feet from the garage wall.  It
> apparently hit a small window opposite the overhead door, and must have
> been really traveling to bounce back that far.  I've heard so many stories
> of grouse flying into things (not just windows).  Some years ago one flew
> into the side of my van while I was traveling about 40 mph.  And I know
> someone who while working in his sugarbush flushed a grouse that flew
> directly into a tree trunk and died instantly.  Makes me wonder how they
> survive.
>
> --Ken
>
>