🌿 The Ruff Bird: Fashion Icon of the Wetlands 😍 🦅✨🎣 2K The ruff is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. This highly gregarious sandpiper is migratory and sometimes forms huge flocks in its winter grounds, which include southern and western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia. Scientific name Calidris pugnax Mass 130 g #RuffBird #Ruff #WetlandBirds #BeautyOfNature #ExoticBirds #birdsofinstagram #BirdWatching #nature #Wildlife #bird

One of North America's 12 native grouse species, the bantam-chicken-sized Ruffed Grouse is one of the most familiar, particularly to game hunters. Early settlers, who hunted this bird extensively, called it the "Wood Hen" in reference to its favored forest habitats. Like the Eastern Screech-Owl, the Ruffed Grouse occurs in gray and reddish-brown color morphs. The “ruffed” in its name comes from its black or brown neck feathers, which the male flares into a ruff during courtship displays or terri