Ruffed Grouse displaying

[John & Ivy Gibbons]

Male Ruffed Grouse on my deck a few minutes ago putting on quite a display. Its black 'ruff' was puffed out widely around his head and he was shaking it vigorously from side to side. Meanwhile he maintained a fully fanned tail that was almost vertical over his back. The object of his attention, a nearby female, seemed to ignore him completely but that didn't stop him from following wherever she went and strutting his stuff.
Seems to me he's got his seasons wrong; maybe it's all the rain we've been having in this area.