The capercaillie is a bird the size of a turkey that lives in the Scots pinewoods in the north of Scotland. This video was done for Highland Birchwoods
Hi Great Video but there is a problem! These Birds have lived for tens of thousands of years along side the preditors you mention, they have only recently become rare. People who shoot these birds often shoot the best and biggest males, taking out vital genes. Natural preditors only take the weak and sick. The parent birds protect the young from most preditors, In the Boreal Forest they have Bobcats bears wolves and wolverine foxes stoats and are quite common!. Over hunting and habitat loss is the only reason for their decline in Scotland. Taking out other preditors will increase the rat population as it has done all over the uk. Brown Rats are a bigger problem then all the other preditors.But where they mentioned in the video or did I miss some thing?Brown Rats will take as many chicks as they can. If you really are serious about helping this great bird. Plant loads of Willows,Birch and Pines I have also seen a huge male eating Aspen Buds and young leaves. Not just Pine. Blue Berries the wild ones are a favourite for these Birds. The young need lots of insects for the first 15 days of life so dont use pesticides. Thanks for posting video and raising awareness of this magnificent Bird
