Ruffed Grouse

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Ruffed Grouse
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Habitat
The ruffed grouse lives in deciduous and mixed forests in areas with trees like poplars, willow, birch and alders.

Diet
In the summer, the ruffed grouse eats seeds; fruits like thorn apples, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. It also eats insects, small snakes and frogs. In the winter, it flies into tree branches and feeds on the buds and catkins of deciduous trees.

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