RUFFED GROUSE 'DRUMMING' sound & video

I stalked this Ruffed Grouse with my camera to capture his "drumming" display. The low WHUP-WHUP-WHUP sound of its wings beating the air is characteristic of the woods surrounding my cabin.

Video and editing by Luke Gibson. Follow me!

[mattali]

Just heard this in the woods and was amazed at the performance. Nature is truly incredible.

[floridaelkhunter]

That deep, low-frequency thumping can almost feel like it's coming from inside you. The first time you hear it, it can be pretty disorienting if you're not expecting it!

[eatwhatukiii]

I have one out back of my house every summer and for the longest time I thought someone way up in the woods was trying to start a generator or something. Little did I know it was actually a little chicken sized bird trying to attract a date, LOL.

[quinnlevy]

My friends and I were trying so hard to figure out what that "low-dropped basketball" sound was and we found this. Thank you

[accordionchick]

For the last two years, we’ve thought it was the neighbors water Then my husband saw the grouse do his thing this

[apollo_EJ]

This is one of the scariest sounds of the wilderness. Countless heart attacks experienced stalking the woods and hearing one. Could be used in horror films.

[QueenYak]

I've been hearing this in the forest in back of my house for weeks and couldn't figure out what it was. Now I know. Thanks! Nice video.

[lewandlo]

So cool to hear that in the woods in the early spring. Ive actually hear it in November too . I`m like that bird is a little excited for spring to arrive. hehe

[io]

I would so love to see this in slow motion to observe exactly what they're doing with their wings. It looks like it's alternating up and down. Thanks for the great video, Luke.

[isabellam]

My parents lived in Bland Virginia and I’d spend a lot of time in the forest there looking for bones and exploring. I’d always hear this motor sound like a generator. I immediately thought it was someone’s cooking moonshine or meth in the woods. When I’d walk towards this motor sound there’s always be nothing there and it would stop. It was the strangest thing. This happened at least six times. So a few years later I get the idea to Google “strange motor sound in woods” and this bird called a grouse kept coming up so I YouTube searched it and that was the sound!!! I never would have thought it was a bird because the only thing it sounded like was man made in everything I knew about nature at the time. So fascinating and cool to have years long mystery final solved. And I learned I wasn’t crazy and the sound was very real. Lol

[JustinCarf]

Excellent video and really cool to hear the drumming. Definitely sounds like a motor starting!

[EspressoDave]

Thats how I start my day, every day, have my own drumming log in the back.

[markr]

Imagine not knowing what that was camping in the middle of the night.

[Fewstanator]

So glad I found this video.I've been hearing this sound for years.Always wondering what it was.And I decided to google up bird bass noise 😂

[LilSplashPad]

Omfg this is what I’ve been hearing in the woods around me. Imagine being zooted off the pen thinking an atv was starting up but it’s just a lil grouse

[michaelvrooman]

None of the microphones do these birds justice. It is a sound that is pretty loud and carries a long way. I grew up listening to the " Partridge Drumming" every spring in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

[bryantimms]

Awesome video, absolutely in love with these chickens

[g_p_gmmm]

Amazing nice video. Beautiful bird, beautiful woods.

[unripetheberrby]

It's a blessing to find something like this, thank you so so much for sharing it!! and it's a nice resolution, the place and bird looks beautiful even though it was short 💕🥺

[Evantures]

Literally sounds just like my Polaris quad .. amazing 😅