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RailRiders Notebook: Justus Sheffield joins Triple-A club after eventful final day in Trenton

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Luzerne County restaurant inspections, April 26 to May 3

<p>This ruffed grouse in Windham Township, Bradford County, gave Joe DeMarco plenty of time to take its picture during a recent encounter. DeMarco said the grouse flew to his car. After stopping to take a photo, the grouse continued to follow DeMarco for 100 yards as he drove away.</p><p>It&#8217;s not the first instance of a grouse acting tame, as others have witnessed the bird approaching to within a few feet without any fear. One possible explanation for the odd behavior is it&#8217;s actually a replication of the way grouse used to behave more than a century ago. Before they were hunted by early settlers, and even for some time afterward, grouse didn&#8217;t have any natural fear of humans. Perhaps that trait still shows up on rare occassion in today&#8217;s ruffed grouse, and that&#8217;s why, every now and then, a bird acts unusually tame.</p><p><em>Capture anything interesting on your hand-held or trail camera? A nice buck, bear, coyote or any other wildlife? We&#8217;d love to see it. Each week, we&#8217;ll run photos from a reader&#8217;s trail camera on the Sunday Outdoors page. Email your photo, along with date and area it was taken (township is fine), and any other details to tvenesky@www.timesleader.com.</em></p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Venesky</p><p>tvenesky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

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