The ruff has a 'lek' mating system, which means males of the species gather together and invest all of their energy into attracting females to mate with them, and none into parental care.

San Diego is amazingly birdy with its perfect weather and different habitats, including its rocky ocean shoreline, coastal marshes, rolling grasslands, scorching desert, and cool, lush mountains.

A female ruff, also known as a reeve, has been spotted multiple times in Hampton over the last couple of weeks.>> Download the FREE WMUR app The reeve, a Eurasian bird that tends to stray into ...

Birders from around Michigan and the Midwest flocked to Pointe Mouillee State Game Area in Rockwood, Mich. on Monday, July 4, 2022 to see a rare bird known as a common redshank.