"I saw a flock of the mountain cock,
or a large species of heath hen with a
long pointed tail which the Indians
informed us were common to the
Rocky Mountains, I sent Shields to kill
one of them but he was obliged to fire
a long distance at them and missed his aim."
The first recorded observation of a sage-grouse
by Meriwether Lewis on June 5 1805
or a large species of heath hen with a
long pointed tail which the Indians
informed us were common to the
Rocky Mountains, I sent Shields to kill
one of them but he was obliged to fire
a long distance at them and missed his aim."
The first recorded observation of a sage-grouse
by Meriwether Lewis on June 5 1805