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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

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

Upland Game Bird Conservation: Ruffed Grouse 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. Grouse numbers have declined considerably in Ohio since the early 1980s as forests have matured in the state, and roadside drumming counts and hunter flush rates in 2018 remain near historic lows. Unfortuna