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Ruffed Grouse
Let’s Take a Hike, April 2025: Ruffed Grouse
A male Ruffed Grouse drums expectantly…
Pictures & Poems, March 2025
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Let’s Take a Hike, October 2024: Ruffed Grouse
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Ruffed Grouse. Photo © Lois Tschetter.
To Photograph a Drumming Grouse
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Ruffed Grouse drumming. Photo © Allen Shank. — Allen’s Story — Thump- thump- thump b-b -d-d-d-d-D-D-D-D-d-d-d-d-d. I sat upright in my chair. There on the...
Favorite Focus, December 2023
Ruffed Grouse. Photo © Lois Tschetter. Bald Eagle. Photo © Brandon Hollinger. Black-capped Chickadee. Photo © John Leck. Blanca Lake. Photo © Nathan Leinbach. Frost patterns on soap bubble. Photo ©...
Exploring Nature, May 2022
Ruffed Grouse eggs hatch in Virginia in late May. You may see them cross a forest road, if you drive through their habitat.May is peak migration for shorebirds at Cape May, New Jersey.The spring...
Wondernose: What bird has three different sets of plumage for three different seasons?
You and I consider it normal to own one coat for winter, one for spring and fall, and one for summer. But that’s not so common for the birds. Yes, a few birds do have two sets of plumage, but three...
Favorite Focus, November 2021
August 2021 Favorite Focus
Mailbox April 2021: Carpenter Bee versus Bumblebee
Covers, April 2021
Front Cover: Ruffed Grouse on a drumming log. Photo © Austin Vinar. Back cover: Cottontail rabbit among clover. Photo © Cheryl Shank.