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now I am going to have to pay attention
When the pup picked one up last Friday, I remember thinking it seemed larger. (I had missed with the first barrel so of course it seemed faster ) when I put the edge of a dollar bill along its bill there was more than a half inch overage . but the buff underside were not barred - so I think that points to a NA bird, just a large female Dean- easy answer- just stop missing
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10-27-2020, 07:55 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Thanks Dan and I agree with you about the stages of migration of juveniles, males and then females and we have taken a number of each almost every season.
Not to argue the point but the ones I’m referring to are so much like the ones in the pictures I included with the markedly pointed wings and much larger size. We’ll see... maybe I’ll get one someday. .
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I hope you do get one and soon, this is very interesting.
My sons flushed a bird a few years ago that they missed and marked it's flight and asked if woodcock interbred with bats. We followed it up and it was a snipe in an alder thicket. No we did not hit it. |
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10-27-2020, 08:28 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Interesting conversation and topic Dean. I've only seen the Eurasian birds in hunting videos (you-tube) from over there somewhere. They do seem larger than our woodcock here are. I've not seen one that was so different either in flight or in hand that would make me wonder about them, but I see so few these days. If you do harvest one that you suspect may be Eurasian, take lots of photos and at least pull some feathers or save a wing for DNA analysis. My guess is that if you got the photos to the Vermont F&W folks, they may be interested in learning more. If they aren't, another possibility would be the Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. If your photos are compelling, they would take the feathers for DNA analysis.
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Thanks Ted, that’s good advice. I sure hope Grace and I are able to come across another this season.
We flushed 15 woodcock on Friday or Saturday (don’t remember which) but only about galf that number on Sunday. Hopefully more come through for this weekend to come. .
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