My first full-time job in my field was working as a wildlife biologist for the Bureau of Land Management in Shoshone, Idaho.

The male greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is the largest grouse species in North America and puts on one of ...

and most hunters venture north if they’re looking for a few partridge. “Unfortunately, the Driftless Region is kind of the opposite of a conservation success story when it comes to grouse,” said ...

"I loved your story about partridge and chickens. Where I grew up, and continue to grow up, partridges were Huns to my dad, and sharptails were grouse (I don't think I even heard about ruffed ...

My recent column about a good-natured disagreement over ruffed grouse and sharp-tailed grouse names struck a chord with a handful of readers and made for some fun discourse. In case you missed the ...

A cousin who grew up in the Twin Cities but spent a lot of time in rural Roseau County of northwest Minnesota – where he still visits at every opportunity – called the other day asking me to ...

(M. Leonard Photography/iStock by Getty Images) A male spruce grouse shows off its distinctive red eyebrow during a breeding display. Though much rarer than ruffed grouse, spruce grouse can be ...

Antique bird illustration - Head of Ruffed Grouse - Partridge - Bonasa Umbella From New England Bird Life 1883. ruffed grouse stock illustrations Antique bird illustration - Head of Ruffed Grouse - ...

where the "partridge" seemed to be just about everywhere, the best grouse hunting season in years, maybe the best in decades by some accounts. Mike Amman's setter, Elwah, and a limit of ruffed ...

Santa Claus may get all the credit for coming to town this time of year, but Julie Bauer is more excited about the Lincoln’s sparrow landing in Haines Junction this holiday season. “I believe ...

three ruffed grouse versus two in 2022; two crows versus three in 2022; and one willow ptarmigan both years. Skelton did say one difference this year was that the distribution of birds varied from ...