Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you ever wonder why Pennsylvania’s state bird can sometimes be overly friendly or slightly aggressive to humans? The ...

During the winter of 2008, I had the good fortune to observe and photograph an amazingly friendly wild ruffed grouse. My friend, Bill Carter, first encountered the remarkable bird near the gate to his ...

When Bill Hartline bought 50 acres of forested land outside Muncy, Pennsylvania, he was looking for a bit of solitude and a place to eventually build a new home in retirement. But during a camping ...

As the morning sun glints through the trees on New Year’s Day, I bundle up, grab my binoculars and take to the road just as the birds are beginning to sing. Little brown jobs flit from shrub to bush ...

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.It was an important part of the food supply ...

Have you encountered any ruffed grouse in Pennsylvania that appear to be tame? Grouse that “show little fear” are of interest to the Pennsylvania Game Commission and researchers. The ruffed grouse has ...

But in spite of his preoccupation with waterfowl, I talked him into going ruffed grouse hunting. Even though he had lived most of his life in the center of some of the very best ruffed grouse country ...

The ruffed grouse is a medium-sized game bird with a plump body and a short crest. Their height is around 18 inches. It spends its time foraging on the forest floor for seeds and insects—these birds ...

Ruffed grouse drumming increased this spring in two of three priority areas and the species appears to be on the upward phase of its traditional 10-year population cycle in Wisconsin, according to the ...

Winter arrived early this year, and unlike such occasions in the past decade, she has decided to stay. The temperatures have been consistently below freezing since Thanksgiving, and it has actually ...

In early February, Wildwoods posted an announcement on its Facebook page about the successful rehabilitation of the ruffed grouse pictured here. "Several days ago, one of our great local conservation ...

Sep. 21—Spending a crisp morning pursuing ruffed grouse is among the highlights of the fall season for Maine bird hunters. Ruffed grouse, which in Maine are often referred to as partridge, can be ...