Woodcock may be the strangest North American upland bird. They have upside-down brains, eyes on the backs of their heads, long probing beaks, red breast meat, and white leg meat. Their ...

This mesmerizing courtship display is one of spring’s most magical wildlife sights. You can witness it. The “peent” of the American woodcock ushers in warmer weather in Michigan as the migratory bird ...

Bogsucker, night partridge, Labrador twister, mudsnipe, timberdoodle — the American woodcock goes by many names, but there’s no mistaking the odd-looking bird’s unique courtship call. “To me, it kind ...

When I was a kid I watched wildlife TV shows. From birds of paradise” to platypus to “prairie chickens,” I marveled at the strange appearance and behavior of animals around the globe. “There’s nothing ...

Woodcocks are known for their unique and almost comical way of walking, which seems a better fit for a 1970s disco than the woodlands in which they live. The birds in this YouTube video step forward, ...

The Audubon Community Nature Center is presenting a woodcock walk on Friday, May 12, in Warren. The walk is an opportunity to learn about and observe woodcocks, which have long beaks and eyes in the ...

Timberdoodle, night partridge, and bog sucker are a few of the colorful names by which the American woodcock has been known. Though a member of the shorebird family, woodcocks inhabit open woodlands ...