We enjoyed watching about 5 display flights of a Woodcock from the field in the
southeast corner of Snyder Hill Rd and Whitted Rd. on Tuesday evening at dusk.
Ray
On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:00 AM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote:
We were enjoying several displaying woodcock last night and figured we had
about
five in a small area. As we were walking up the road, one timberdoodle flew
at head
height across the road immediately in front of us and settled in a field.
Never
heard peenting from that one and assume it was a responding female. Neat
experience
-near mid-air with a woodcock!
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John and Sue Gregoire
Field Ornithologists
Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory
5373 Fitzgerald Road
Burdett,NY 14818-9626
Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/
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