It sounded like an explosion.” That’s how Grand Marais resident Emily Wick described the sound of a grouse flying into, and ...

and making unique popping sounds. “They look like King Henry the Eighth, with their white breasts like the ermine collars of monarchs,” says Leigh Robertson, coordinator of the San Miguel Basin ...

Memories boiled up. I love how shockingly loud grouse sound when busting from cover, how loud drumming on logs (think a gas lawnmower) sounds. I came to Illinois nearly 40 years ago, when there ...

Tail feathers held high, male grouse perform before the watching females, whistling and sucking in air to fill those air sacs, then pushing the air out to make a popping sound. The whole walk is ...