Episode Number
46
Episode Show Notes / Description
American woodcock (Scolopax minor).
The most peculiar of all our shorebirds with a display that is among the surest signs of spring.
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Extras:
- Funny "dance" YouTube video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE-J-O9Y8lA
- Funny "dance" YouTube video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEISiCmjwH8
- Bonus funny video starring a woodcock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY436JiiCjg
The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- American woodcock "peent" call by Wil Hershberger (ML506500)
- American woodcock whistling flight by George B. Reynard (ML506499)
Sources and more:
- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Woodcock
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-woodcock
- https://bioone.org/journals/Northeastern-Naturalist/volume-23/issue-1/045.023.0109/Note-on-the-Woodcock-Rocking-Display/10.1656/045.023.0109.full
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- Peterson RT, Peterson VM. 1980. A field guide to the birds : a completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America. Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company (The Peterson field guide series ; 1).
- National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America. 2004. Fullscreen. Carrboro, NC: Godfrey-Stadin Productions.
- Sibley D. 2016. Sibley birds East : field guide to birds of eastern North America. Second edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf (Field guide to birds of eastern North America).