Re: woodcocks at Cromwell Valley Park
Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
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Harry:
Please don't be concerned about the end of American Woodcock
courtship behavior. It goes on well into May. Keep trying.
BOB
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Harry Fisher wrote:
> 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