5.5K views · 92 reactions | Ruffed Grouse mating dance! | Togwotee Mountain Lodge | Facebook

Male ruffed grouse “drum” in springtime as a way to establish territory and to attract females. Although it looks as if the sound is caused by the bird’s wings hitting its chest, the sound actually comes from small sonic booms. The wings beat up to 5 times per second, causing the sound waves to stack up until they create a penetrating shock wave that creates the boom. Male grouse usually perform on a “drumming log,” which might help project the low-frequency sound. Drumming exerts a remarkable a

1.4K views · 48 reactions | Ruffed grouse, North Dakota’s only forest grouse, are in the midst of their drumming season. Learn more in this North Dakota Outdoors. | North Dakota Game and Fish Department | Facebook

89K views · 384 reactions | Ruffed Grouse are some of the largest...

Most of us will never get close enough to a ruffed grouse to hear the clucks and purrs that they use to communicate with other grouse. But our photographer was recently lucky to capture this video of a ruffed grouse vocalizing in Hocking County. Ruffed grouse occur in forested counties of eastern and southern Ohio. The preferred habitat of this popular game bird is young forest cover that regrows following logging, the reclamation of surface mines, and abandonment of pastures and farmland. Learn