A bit about woodcocks

[Big D]

I've watched that dance at our cabin
Spectacular

[mobirdhunter]

We get to see the sky dance in our yard each Spring (Yes, migrating woodcock travel through North Missouri is good numbers). Back when I was more nimble I'd put on camouflage and each time the 'cock went up, I'd crawl closer to the dance spot. On several occasions I was able to see the strutting male about a yard away. It's a special, special thing. Leopold's prose is more like poetry, and I've never read a better description of the sky dance than in his Sand County Almanac. Thanks for posting this and reminding us of this special bird...and the father of modern conservation.

[Brett Hoop]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

I've watched that dance at our cabin
Spectacular

I have done a really masterful job of stringing misses together on Billed Bats not so far from your cabin. I can assure you none were harmed. So shameful was my performance that this year I moved my bruised ego across the bridge, and ran the lake road west passed the Iron to start anew.
I love the little corkscrewing devils. In the Spring the thickets along the banks of Lake Erie are where I have caught the evening show.