The mainly brown woodcock uses its bright white tail feathers to communicate in semi-darkness, reflecting 30% more light than any other known bird. These surprise findings, by a team led by an ...

The mainly brown woodcock uses its bright white tail feathers to communicate in semi-darkness, reflecting 30% more light than any other known bird. The mainly brown woodcock uses its bright white tail ...

Errwood Hall, Goyt valley, Derbyshire: As daylight fades, the waders of the wood take to the air. But they are still almost impossible to see The name Goyt valley may be pre-Celtic, but there isn’t ...

Spring fever brings out the flirtatious nature of many species, but how many are willing to hurtle from the sky and slam into the earth just to get a date? Well, the American woodcock, for one. For ...

I couldn’t stand it anymore. In the five seasons I have been a member of Old Belfast Hunting Club, I have enjoyed some good deer hunting. I also endure some major distractions every day I sit on a ...

The changes abound. Catkins on willow and aspen are maturing and they are joined by a similar growth on alders and hazels. Thawing has opened up sites that held snow blankets for weeks. Some yards and ...

We evaluated sites on an industrial forest in central Arkansas that American Woodcocks (Scolopax minor) used for courtship during their spring migration. Our main objective was to determine the ...

As you may or may not know, today is the last day of the woodcock and snipe hunting season in Connecticut, which means that for the 47th consecutive year I will not fire a shot at a one of those cute, ...