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American woodcock - Wikipedia The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, mudbat, bogsucker, night partridge, or Labrador twister[3][4] is a small shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America
10 Fun Facts About the American Woodcock | Audubon American Woodcocks are perhaps the most memeable birds on the continent With their cartoonish looks and quirky behaviors, these coy and plump internet favorites are met with fans everywhere they go In the eastern United States and Canada, they are among the first spring migrants
American Woodcock - American Bird Conservancy The American Woodcock is the only member of its family native to North America, with seven other woodcock species occurring in Europe and Asia It is a short-distance migrant, moving from the northernmost parts of its range to the Atlantic coast and Gulf states each fall
Woodcock | Migration, Habitat Diet | Britannica Woodcock, any of five species of squat-bodied, long-billed birds of damp, dense woodlands, allied to the snipes in the waterbird family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes)
American Woodcock - eBird Might be confused with Wilson’s Snipe, but woodcock is not nearly as dark and patterned Fairly common throughout eastern North America, but secretive and rarely seen well in daytime Always on the ground, except during well-known elaborate courtship display performed from dusk to dawn in spring
Woodcock - Wikipedia As their common name implies, the woodcocks are woodland birds They feed at night or in the evenings, searching for invertebrates in soft ground with their long bills This habit and their unobtrusive plumage makes it difficult to see them when they are resting in the day
American Woodcock Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of . . . The woodcock is also known as the timberdoodle, Labrador twister, night partridge, and bog sucker The American Woodcock probes the soil with its bill to search for earthworms, using its flexible bill tip to capture prey
American Woodcock | Audubon Field Guide Related to the sandpipers, the American Woodcock has strikingly different habits This rotund, short-legged bird hides in forest thickets by day, where it uses its long bill to probe in damp soil for earthworms
American Woodcock Life History, All About Birds, Cornell Lab . . . Woodcocks nest in young, shrubby, deciduous forests, old fields, and mixed forest-agricultural-urban areas across the eastern United States and southern Canada They display in forest openings and old fields in the springtime, and they often use clearings for roosting in the summer