Crops and their Contents

TheGreek · Monday at 11:14 AM

Crops from N Central MN ruffed grouse.

R.K. · Monday at 4:17 PM

TheGreek said:
Crops from N Central MN ruffed grouse.View attachment 420489

Is that a hickory nut in the lower crop? I'm curious how it got past the shell.

TheGreek · Monday at 5:04 PM

R.K. said:
Is that a hickory nut in the lower crop? I'm curious how it got past the shell.

No clue really.

BKN · Tuesday at 1:21 PM

TheGreek said:
No clue really.

No hickory in Minnesota that I know of. More likely hazelnut

BKN · Tuesday at 1:24 PM

A couple of pheasants. Standard food plus some greens, a grasshopper and what I believe are buckthorn berries.

El Jason · Tuesday at 1:43 PM

Chest grass seed, grass shoots, forb shoots, and crested wheatgrass seed. And a big ol hopper dropper.

R.K. · Wednesday at 10:39 AM

BKN said:
No hickory in Minnesota that I know of. More likely hazelnut

That would make more sense. Hickory appear to only be in the far SE corner of MN, along the river corridor.

Birdbander · 2026-10-31T15:34:12-0600

From a cover I've called The Grapes for years

Birdbander · 2026-10-31T18:08:46-0600

From one of the ptarmigan I shot in Colorado.