Stan / Adobe Stock, USDA, Field & Stream. The sage grouse is the largest of North America’s many grouse species. Adult males, sometimes nicknamed “bombers” for their sheer size, can top 6 ...

With spring creeping closer, our year-round avian residents such as cardinals and titmice are already raising their voices. But there’s more than one way to make music, and birds have evolved ...

Black grouse and the lek When it is mating season for the black grouse males, ... Additionally, they have wattles around their eyes and beaks that can be shades of red, yellow, or orange, ...

Sage grouse populations are cyclical, and notoriously difficult to count. But if the birds resume their decline, conservationists will push anew for a listing under the Endangered Species Act.

Cattle and greater sage grouse seem to be getting along just fine in southeastern Montana, according to a recent Fish Wildlife and Parks study, and that’s a big deal.

The average grouse harvest at the event was 0.88 grouse per hunter per day. It is on par with the 10-year mean of 0.85 but substantially lower than last year (1.24) and the 42-year mean (1.19).

For decades, a population of grouse in south‑central Wyoming and northwest Colorado has been identified as Columbian sharp‑tailed grouse, the same subspecies that can be found in far western ...

The statewide increase was likely due to two factors, said Alaina Roth, DNR ruffed grouse specialist. "The late spring and summer of 2023 were abnormally dry, which resulted in prime nesting and ...