Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 5, 2025
The canoe glided over to find out what he was, when, in the midst of the sounds, came the unmistakable Whit-kwit? of partridges and there they were, just vanishing glimpses of alert forms and keen eyes gliding among the tangled alder stems.
As given by the writer William J. Long, the call is like this: "Prut, prut, pr-r-r-rt! Whit-kwit? Pr-r-r-rt, pr-r-r-rt! Ooo-it, ooo-it? Pr-r-reeee!" Or perhaps you will be startled by the rolling drum-call. This begins slowly, increases rapidly, and ends something like this: "Dum! dum! dum! dum-dum-dum-dumdumdum!"
I gave up following them after a while they were too quick for me in the alder tangle and came out of the swamp to the ridge. There I ran along a deer path and circled down ahead of them to a thicket of cedar, where I thought they might pass the night. Presently I heard them coming Whit-kwit? pr-r-r, pr-r-r, prut, prut! and saw five or six of them running rapidly.
The hand had grown suddenly very tender as it stroked his feathers. I had taken his life; I must try to answer for him now. At the thought I raised my head and gave the clear whit-kwit of a running partridge. Instantly the leader answered; the flock sprang to the log again and turned their heads in my direction to listen.
They were suspicious clearly; and with the lower orders, as with men, the best rule in such a case is to act naturally, with more quietness than usual, and give them time to get over their suspicion. As I waited, my flies resting among the pads near the canoe, curious sounds came floating down the hillside Prut, prut, pr-r-r-rt! Whit-kwit? whit-kwit? Pr-r-rt, pr-r-rt! Ooo-it, ooo-it?
The "whit-kwit" call may lead you to the hen grouse with her brood of little chicks which are so much the color of the brown leaves you will not see them until they move. If the call comes later in the year you may come upon a flock of well-grown young birds who have left their mother and are now following a leader. The ruffed grouse is a beautiful bird.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking