(2.) Glasgow LL: Contributions to the knowledge of the ecology of the
American woodcock, (Philohela minor Gmelin), on the wintering range in Louisiana.
The
American woodcock ranges across the eastern half of North America, from southern Manitoba to Texas' Gulf shore forests.
The 2016-17 Ruffed Grouse and
American Woodcock Hunting Log is available online for printing or download.
We obtained > 20 estimates of between-day movements for 58 adult female
American woodcock (Table 1).
Look for
American woodcock, whose mating flights are a wondrous sight.
The forestry program, which began in 1985 to address state forestlands that were maturing at a rapid rate and preventing the growth of young forest habitats, has been successful in re-establishing a rare species habitat in the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area with the
American woodcock and ruffed grouse, as well as the regeneration of Aspen trees in the Fox Den WMA in Middlefield, and increase in songbird numbers, thanks to a reclamation of an abandoned pasture site at the Eugene Moran WMA in Windsor.
I like to listen for the shrill calls of spring peepers in wetlands or the nasal "peent" of
American woodcock in the fields.
An Amherst timber company that committed its resources to help the state restore the
American woodcock has become the first winner in a northeastern state of a prestigious environmental award.
Male
American woodcock perform elaborate mating rituals near wetlands, flying high above and spiraling back down to impress females.
According to David Small, club president, highlights included an
American woodcock - the first time a woodcock has been recorded in the years since the Athol count began.
Bird species listed as "at risk" or "of special concern" that can be seen here include sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, northern goshawk, red-shouldered hawk, red-headed woodpecker, golden-winged warbler, cerulean warbler, vesper sparrow, grasshopper sparrow,
American woodcock, willow flycatcher, wood thrush, blue-winged warbler, Canada warbler, yellow-breasted chat and rusty blackbird.
Cinda Jones was mostly thinking about the future when she agreed to commit her company's vast timber acreage to help the state and others bring back the
American woodcock.
Killdeer, spotted sandpiper,
American woodcock, and common snipe are shorebird species that typically breed on the refuge, although virtually every species of shorebird that migrates through central New York has been seen here.
I enjoyed your article on the
American woodcock (April 2010 issue).
Thus, the North
American Woodcock Singing-ground Survey was born in 1968.