I got within 20 feet of an American Woodcock during his sunset - TopicsExpress



          

I got within 20 feet of an American Woodcock during his sunset display dance this evening. At least one other was displaying in the field. If youre unfamiliar with their display, looking it up on the internet. Its really something wonderful to experience. The mail peents about 12 times in a circle. He then heads into the air making his wings twitter, makes an aerial loop, then produces a chippering-like sound (wings again) on the way back to the ground where he lands at nearly the exact same spot he took off from. During a long observation, I witnessed that the male does this in a cloverleaf shape, flying up to a different part of the cloverleaf each time.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 03:01:03 +0000

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