Falcipennis canadensis

"A man who has played much base-ball need never use a gun when after spruce grouse."
-Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter

They aren't fast or dangerous. They don't have sharp beaks or talons. When in danger, they don't release a pungent odor. All they have is camoflauge. Generation after generation knows that to sit still is to survive. I estimate that I walked by thirty of these birds that day, and only five moved.