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Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

Photographed the female Ruffed Grouse perched on a branch of a Birch Tree in the Hersey Lake Conservation Area located in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada

 

Can hover and make complete turns in the air when flying through thick bush

 

Attracts females and warns off other males by making a drumming sound with his wings

 

Does not migrate, living all its life within a few hectares

 

Can spread its toes to help it travel over deep, soft snow

 

Information from Hinterlands Who's Who

 

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Uploaded on January 3, 2024
Taken on January 31, 2011