Woodcock may be the strangest North American upland bird. They have upside-down brains, eyes on the backs of their heads, long probing beaks, red breast meat, and white leg meat. Their ...

When I was a kid I watched wildlife TV shows. From birds of paradise” to platypus to “prairie chickens,” I marveled at the strange appearance and behavior of animals around the globe. “There’s nothing ...

The first woodcock I ever saw while holding a shotgun launched from near my feet to eye level in a Champaign County woodlot and flew straightaway. Since it was early November, we were focused on ...

Timberdoodle, night partridge, and bog sucker are a few of the colorful names by which the American woodcock has been known. Though a member of the shorebird family, woodcocks inhabit open woodlands ...

A study has found direct evidence of a species -- the American woodcock, a migratory shorebird from eastern and central North America -- that overlaps periods of migration and reproduction, a rare ...

This mesmerizing courtship display is one of spring’s most magical wildlife sights. You can witness it. The “peent” of the American woodcock ushers in warmer weather in Michigan as the migratory bird ...

The little brown shuttle sat stationed in the farm field awaiting launch. Silence. More silence. Then, a nasally, insect-like bird call: “Peent!” The American woodcock shot into the sky, spiraling to ...