Male ruffed grouse attract mates and defend territories by “drumming,” a booming noise they make by beating the air with their primary wing feathers, usually while perched on a fallen tree or log.

A man searches the patchwork of sagebrush and agricultural fields in south-central Washington for a bird that has struggled ...

Ruffed grouse populations are surveyed by counting the number of male ruffed grouse heard drumming on established routes throughout the state’s forested regions. Drumming counts are an indicator ...

Greater sage grouse are sexually dimorphic, meaning the male and female look different. Females are small and football-shaped, with a black belly and white-speckled feathers, while males resemble ...

Over the years, each spring, I make an extra effort to locate and try to capture some images of a male ruffed grouse drumming on his log. To make this happen is a multi-week endeavor that often ...