In addition to the red-wing blackbirds and the pop-up crocus on the lawn and in the flower gardens, I wait for the almost faint buzzing "peent" of woodcock almost inaudible above the cacophony of spring peepers along the edges of maple swamps... robins and Eastern Bluebirds have been here all winter.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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