woodcock on the move

[mark_t1012001]

Mark you are having a good spring

It helps to be in walking distance from good habitat and a 5 minute drive from great spots.

[finsfurfeathers]

Just when I thought that they where gone found 2 today. After not finding any the last couple times out went to another spot that usually holds a few. After stomping at the spots that previously held didn't move a thing. Took a short cut across the field when the pup got a bit birdy ( okay maybe and over description, curious would be a better description) when a woodcock flush from under a shrub. Bit more looking around the open field produced another bird under a hydro tower. Nice to see them just odd to find them out in the open.

[joe16]

FFF

I also found two after leaving the bush on my way out in an open field, both within 15 yards of a single shrub.

Both flushed very quickly as dog was locating them

The ground they flushed from had thick grass so not sure how they get to the worms

[Mount Sweetness]

Flushed one down around Leamington, this past Friday.

[finsfurfeathers]

FFF

I also found two after leaving the bush on my way out in an open field, both within 15 yards of a single shrub.

Both flushed very quickly as dog was locating them

The ground they flushed from had thick grass so not sure how they get to the worms

That's the thing with spring birds most times very flighty. Great to work a seasoned dog however with a young one I'm happy if they are in the neighbourhood. As for worms they have no problem probing the grass with their bills for worms.

[revrnd]

I saw 1 last Sun' just south of Lake St. Peter on the old railbed during my Ranger ride.