What bird is the Christmas partridge? The ruffed grouse is an aspirational bird for me; that is, a bird I haven't seen lately but hope to see soon. The grouse is on my mind for several reasons, but ...

The gray partridge is another of the "chicken-like" birds, but otherwise it has little in common with the ruffed grouse. It is a grassland bird; I don't recall ever seeing one in a bush. Nor does the ...

With its distinctive call “Repreprep,” the partridge returns to public awareness: It has been chosen as the Bird of the Year 2026. But what initially sounds like a victory is also an urgent appeal–the ...