Sound on to hear the drumming 🔊 This is the breeding display of the ruffed grouse, the analogue to sage-grouse strutting or sharp-tailed grouse dancing. They are similar to dusky grouse in that they are not in a concentrated lek, but instead form territories. Ruffed grouse will generally find a downed log, their drumming log, and use it to drum on much like a stage. They are not actually hitting the log. But it can sound a little like it if you hear them in person. The sound is just from moving

Male Ruffed Grouse - Drumming to attract a female, it's mating season.. Video by Jackie Sills. Alberta, Canada | Duane Starr Photography

Ruffed Grouse mating dance! | Togwotee Mountain Lodge

Have you ever seen or heard the Ruffed Grouse's haunting air drumming? How the birds produce their unusual thrumming was a long-time mystery, until wildlife cinematography got involved: http://ow.ly/9As830kXLrn | National Audubon Society

3 WI Ruffed Grouse hunting with the Ruffed Grouse Society