Dear volunteer birders: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, has several American Woodcock survey routes open for volunteers. The routes only require about 1-2 hours after sunset during May once a year and are only 4 miles long with a listening stop every .4 miles. Knowledge of woodcock peenting calls and decent hearing are required prerequisites. The open routes are near Hutchinson, Cromwell, Cloquet County and Chisholm, St. Louis County, up on the Range. Please contact Sean Kelly, 612-713-5470 for a map and details or write him at [email protected]. It's a nice chance to get out late in the evening, walk the dog, and find out how noisy birds are after sunset!
Thanks, Bob Russell
