Winter Woodcock

[ccm75]

Was out walking with dogs yesterday morning and they put up a woodcock. Bird was under a big pine tree where the snow had melted off.

I have never seen one this time of year. Maybe his GPS is broken or he came down from Nova Scotia and hung around?

 

[J.M.]

They are heading North after their winter stay in the South. I usually start seeing them here the first or second week of March, depending on the weather conditions.

 

[Glockster30]

They are heading North after their winter stay in the South. I usually start seeing them here the first or second week of March, depending on the weather conditions.

Correct. They start showing up between mid-March and mid-April.

 

[ccm75]

Ah. Didnt think about the return migration. Seemed too early.
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