This story originally featured on Field & Stream. My woodcock season opens right about now. The landscape is colorless, trees are still black skeletons, but these little birds are seemingly ...

One of the best of nature’s predictable shows begins in March — the dance of the woodcock. The exact time and place is difficult to know, but it’s a great harbinger of spring. Unless heavy rain or ...

I’ve decided this would be the year I would try to see some American Woodcocks and their famous spring “sky dance.” Do you know of any secret places where I should look for them? No way, Dennis, I’m ...

For some, the rite of spring includes taking that first outdoor bike ride, cleaning the garage or organizing a pick-up basketball game. For others, such as birder Michal Furmanek, the rite of spring ...

Our polite throng inched closer. Those with front row places where only 15 paces from the star. No fence, platform or bouncer separated them from the performer. And in a move suggesting a stage dive, ...

Bogsucker, night partridge, Labrador twister, mudsnipe, timberdoodle — the American woodcock goes by many names, but there’s no mistaking the odd-looking bird’s unique courtship call. “To me, it kind ...

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SUEDBERG, Schuylkill County - "Yeah, they're going to be singing tonight," says Eric Miller, staring impatiently at his watch, waiting for dusk to descend. We are standing on the old railroad bed of ...

The American woodcock, a member of the sandpiper family, is a unique bird found in Ohio. Known for its comical appearance and movements, the woodcock has a distinctive long bill, large eyes and plump ...

Ice covers have begun to leave southern Minnesota lakes, and the first common loons have arrived. We have seen an increase in the numbers of waterfowl, such as canvasbacks, redheads and ring-necked ...