DCHP-1 Online
drumming 
n. of the male ruffed grouse, the making of a loud reverberating noise by beating the wings, especially in the mating ritual.
- 1853 . . . after listening a while, I knew it was . . . the drumming of the ruffed grouse.
- 1921 Back deep in the birch thicket partridges are drumming, and all the woodland is musical with the song of birds.
- 1853 . . . after listening a while, I knew it was . . . the drumming of the ruffed grouse.