Re: woodcocks at Cromwell Valley Park
Harry Fisher (fish8553@dpnet.net)
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:12:49 -0500
Hi All:
I`m wondering myself if the courtship is over. I spent some time this
evening ( ` til 7pm ) at a spot in Cecil Co. where a friend reported active
displays on 3/17. Unfortunately, i couldn`t get there until this evening.
About 6:40, I did spot one woodcock fly from the woodedge where I was
sitting, and land silently in an overgrown field less than 100` from me.
Disappointingly, there was no " peent " and no display.
As above, I gave up at 7pm.
Leslie Fisher
Cecil Co.
PETER LEV wrote:
> I was at Cromwell on Friday evening 3/19 to look for woodcocks. I had
> the good fortune to run into Georgia and Dan McDonald, who made the
> original discovery. We staked out the large meadow on the east side of
> the part (exactly the location described by Francine). At about 6:45 we
> heard one woodcock calling. It was fun to hear the "peent" call so
> close to the city. Unfortunately, the call stopped in a few minutes,
> and there was no aerial display.
>
> Conditions may not have been ideal (there was a bit of wind). Or
> perhaps the courtship is over...
>
> Peter Lev