When the dreary winter days feel like they will last forever and we will never see the sun again – I find myself longing for any sign that spring may be nearing.
For me, one of the exciting and heartwarming “signs of spring” is the little drummer – aka the Ruffed Grouse... and lately we have been seeing Ruffed Grouse everywhere.
I haven’t heard the little drummers yet... but soon enough we should start hearing that unusual mating call; the courting ritual of the forest birds, that strangely enough you feel more than hear. It’s an unmistakable “thump………thump……thump…whir-r-r-r-r!” of a male ruffed grouse “drumming.”
