Ruffed Grouse Drumming
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Uploaded by TheMusicOfNature on Feb 4, 2010
In the spring, male Ruffed Grouse perch on fallen logs and make a low-pitched drumming sound by opening and closing their wings in rapid succession. The thumping starts slow but quickly gains in speed, and the rapidly beating wings turn into a complete blur when the drumroll reaches its peak.
One might think the thumps are produced by the beating of the wings against the chest, but in actuality the thumps are little sonic booms created as air suddenly fills a vacuum made when the wings are thrust outward from the breast.
Check out our blog post about this subject at the musicofnature.org web site: http://www.musicofnature.org/home/ruffed_grouse_drumming/
video and sounds © 2010 Lang Elliott & Bob McGuire
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MrWatzone 4 hours ago
cool
niteite123 3 weeks ago
Holyy cow. i turned the speakers so loud then all the sudden, "VIRUS DATA BASE HAS BEEN UPDATED" scare the crap outta me.
rax7 7 months ago
Awesome video . . . thanks for sharing with us. I take it this is a homebrew video camcorder setup. I am interested in what camcorder you used for this footage. Best quality that I have seen. Would like to build one with same camera. Please respond with camcorder info. Thanks
PaPaBobUTube 10 months ago
My boys love this video!
TheCarex1 10 months ago
I heard this sound while camping. The noise was so low it was almost inaudible. The sound seemed to be coming from the ground and I thought it was some type of seismic event. I never would have suspected it was bird! Awesome footage! and thanks for solving this mystery
the7bell 1 year ago
i hate grouse when hunting they fly like 9000mph
TheSlickTricks 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing footage!
OonaCanute 1 year ago
I've been trying to figure out what the brown bird that ran next to be on a logging road hike last spring was, making a deep "oooooooo ooooooooooo" sound. This answers that, thanks :)
darkling9109 1 year ago
Oh my god! What kind of camcorder opr camera did you use for these awesome videos? Congratulations, there's lot of work with a video like this.
WAMozartf1 1 year ago