5th of November 2023

Close encounter with a male western capercaillie (Metso) for the first time in my life.
It's a scary bird! Crazy territorial and aggressive to the extreme!

Thankfully this wasn't directly on my path and the route was going away from it, but still it emerged quickly from the woods and was approaching me aggressively. And it's not even their mating season!

Managed to hike fast away from it. And no, I didn't even think of taking a picture of it.Read more