The ruffed grouse has been Pennsylvania's state bird since 1931. This brown, chicken-like bird gets its name from the black "ruffs" on the side of its neck. Sign up for our Newsletters It was an ...

Each spring a male ruffed grouse chooses a fallen log on the forest floor. There doesn’t seem to be any one type or size of log the birds choose. I’ve seen small logs, that are barely large ...

Counts vary from about 0.8 drums per stop during years ... Drumming counts are an indicator of the ruffed grouse breeding population. The number of birds present during the fall hunting season ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation organizations submitted comments today blasting the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s draft amendment for 77 land-use plans across the western United States intended to protect ...