Ruffed Grouse mating dance! | Togwotee Mountain Lodge

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This Ruffed Grouse arrived in front of the Ontario FeederWatch cam with an appetite this week! Watch it fill up on seeds and depart in high-flying fashion (for a grouse). 🚀 See it LIVE at AllAboutBirds.org/FeederWatchCam | Bird Cams

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Sound on to hear the drumming 🔊 This is the breeding display of the ruffed grouse, the analogue to sage-grouse strutting or sharp-tailed grouse dancing. They are similar to dusky grouse in that they are not in a concentrated lek, but instead form territories. Ruffed grouse will generally find a downed log, their drumming log, and use it to drum on much like a stage. They are not actually hitting the log. But it can sound a little like it if you hear them in person. The sound is just from moving

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