When Tom Rusch first started working in the Tower area wildlife office 30-some years ago he would see sharp-tailed grouse at a half-dozen locations across his district. Each spring Rusch and other ...

A high wind and snow traveling sideways had quieted most of the early birds in the moments before dawn. Still, there was a hooting sound coming from the tall, dead grass and scattered sagebrush. It ...

To my mind, the sight of a covey of sharp-tailed grouse perched in a tree on a winter morning is one of nature's sublime experiences. Nor am I the only person to think so. My own opinion grows out of ...

GRAND RAPIDS — The annual ruffed grouse drumming count was up just a tad statewide this spring, but was up noticeably in northeastern forests, according to a report this week from the Minnesota ...

Apr. 8—GRAND FORKS — It's quite the spectacle. Every spring, male prairie grouse — prairie chickens and sharptails — gather on mating grounds called leks and put on elaborate displays in an effort to ...

A sharp-tailed grouse from the population in south-central Wyoming shows its colors. New research by University of Wyoming scientists finds that the birds in this population are likely a distinct ...

Sharp-tailed grouse numbers exploded when the region was first cleared, burned and farmed by European settlers a century ago — so much so that early settlers said the flocks in flight sometimes ...