Ruffed Grouse Makes Wild Drumming Sound | Audubon Photography Awards 2022 | Michael Melton

Take a look at this Ruffed Grouse performing its signature drumming display. It’s only drumming on air—when it quickly beats its wings back and forth, air will rush in and create a small vacuum, which then creates the drumming sound often heard up to a quarter of a mile away. Learn more on how and why the Ruffed Grouse makes that wild sound—and how to hear it for yourself: https://bit.ly/4fmih81 Ruffed Grouse display at Darlin Creek Nature Preserve in Thurston County, Washington. Video: Michael (Mike) Melton/Audubon Photography Awards The National Audubon Society is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation. We protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Don't forget to follow us on social! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalAudubonSociety/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audubonsociety/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/audubonsociety