Grouse: Stranger in a Strange Land

from BirdNote Presents · host Ashley Ahearn, Birdnote

Grouse series host Ashley Ahearn burns out on the urban rat race, leaves her job at a top NPR member station, and moves to 20 acres of sagebrush in rural Washington state. She discovers the Greater Sage-Grouse, a bird that is native to the land where she now lives — and fits in a whole lot better than she does. What is a sage-grouse, and why does everyone get so worked up about this bird?

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Radio journalist Ashley Ahearn moves from Seattle to sagebrush country and gets curious about a weird, troubled bird

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