About our Name...
The king of upland game birds, the ruffed grouse, wears the scientific name Bonasa umbellus.
Bonasa means "like a bison," and refers to the bird's drumming mating call sounding like a thundering herd of buffalo. Umbellus describes the umbrella-like Elizabethan ruff of black feathers around the bird's neck....
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