Vin Stanton and I decided to visit the gamelands and look for Woodcock. They have been seen in several places within the gamelands in the summer.
We started around 4:30 to see what other birds we could find. Slim pickings at that hour - see below.
Woodcock started to display around 6:15 and were going strong at 6:35 when we left. One landed about 20 feet away and started calling, then took off for his display, returning to almost the same spot for more calling from the ground. A great sight and sound to round off the day!
Doug Johnston
Sandy Mush Gamelands Bear creek access, Buncombe, US-NC Feb 9, 2012 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Clear, light breeze, mid 30's 12 species Wild Turkey 3 American Woodcock 2 Mourning Dove 3 American Crow 25 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 1 Winter Wren 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
