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Cockless No More
By Mike • March 21, 2009 • 3 commentsPardon this post’s provocative title but now that I’ve got your attention, let’s talk about woodcocks. That strangest of shorebirds, Scolopax minor has long been a nemesis of mine. Every spring, I’ve endeavored to enjoy its daffy dusk ritual or hear its plaintive peent but every spring I’ve failed. 2008 seemed like the year that [...]
A Timberdoodle in the Big Apple
By Charlie • August 25, 2007 • 4 commentsI’m not sure that Mike will appreciate this especially, but his mention of American Woodcock as his jinx bird in the birding meme we just posted reminded me that I still have a lot of galleries to transfer onto 10,000 Birds - and that one of them just happens to be a few photos of [...]
Woodcocks and More
By Corey • March 25, 2007 • No comments yetIt was Friday night so what did I do? I went birding. Wait, on a Friday night? Yeah, say what you will, but I was out looking for my first Timberdoodles of the year. The cute, chunky, cryptically-colored, snipe-like, short-legged, long-billed, crepuscular, dancing and displaying bird had already been reported in [...]
