Ruffed Grouse Framed Print
Ruffed Grouse Framed Print
Size & framing
12 × 12 in overall, in a 0.75 in wood frame (Black or Red Oak). The plate sits on an ivory sheet with a border of about an inch, like a matted print.
Printed on 189 g/m² enhanced matte paper, behind an acrylic front. Hanging hardware is included.
Prefer to frame it yourself? It also comes unframed.
A cock grouse with ruff raised and tail fanned, painted by J. L. Ridgway.
The print
- The full plate with its name, legend and credits, re-rendered from the source scan at print size, not enlarged from a shirt file.
- Restored from a library scan of the original book; nothing redrawn.
- Keep out of direct sunlight; dust the frame with a dry cloth.
Shipping & production
Each print is printed and framed for you after you order, usually within 2–5 business days, then shipped in its own box (separate from any shirts in the same order). Shipping is shown at checkout before you pay.
Returns
If your print or frame arrives damaged or misprinted, contact us within 30 days of delivery with a photo and we'll send a replacement or a refund. Because every print is made to order, we can't accept returns for a change of mind.
Plate 010
From the book
- Species
- Bonasa umbellus
- As named in the book
- Ruffed Grouse or Partridge.
- Artist
- J. L. Ridgway
- Book
- Second Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York, 1897
“Popular synonyms: 'Partridge' (in New England); 'Pheasant' (in Southern and Western States); Drumming Grouse.”
Then and now
Whatever you called it growing up, it is the same bird.
Field notes
In winter it grows snowshoes on its toes and sleeps under the snow.
Ridgway painted the cock in full display, ruff flared and tail fanned: the pose of a bird about to drum. Drumming is a sound you feel as much as hear in a spring woods: a slow thump, thump, then faster into a roll. The male braces on a log and beats his wings so fast that air rushes into the vacuum they leave.
Winter is where the grouse gets clever. In fall it grows pectinations, comb-like fringes along each toe: snowshoes that spread its weight across soft snow and grip icy branches. When the snow is deep enough, it dives straight into a drift and roosts underneath, in a pocket warmer than the open air.
Partridge in New England, pheasant in the southern mountains, drummer to anyone who's heard one. The 1896 report listed them all.