A great morning

Yesterday morning at 8:20 we headed off in search of Blue Grouse.  Myself and two other photographers were optimistic that we would see one if not more male Blue Grouse strutting his stuff for a hen.  The drive took us north of Wasa, BC to an area where the truck could be parked followed by about a 30 minute hike up to a ridge where Blue Grouse was known to be.  Onsite by shortly after 9:00 the search began.  Surprisingly a hen was spotted first therefore we knew the male must be close by.  After finding a spot to but the backpacks down and hooking the camera gear together the low call of the male was heard and it didn't take long to spot him.  The weather was perfect with high overhead cloud creating the perfect diffuser only to be filled by a bit of flash.  He was in a mood to show off and would just circle around us in order to give us all sorts of angles on him.  Standing solo on a rock or hopping onto a fallen tree this guy was definitely not camera shy.  It was a great few hours and the only other thing I wish we could have captured would have been if he had of completed his task while we were there.
Images from this shoot can be seen on my flickr site.