The American woodcock has one of the oddest appearances of any bird in Pennsylvania, with an amazingly long bill protruding from a round head atop a stocky, round body. It also has one of the more ...

As dawns turn cooler and signals frosty mornings on the way, my English setters are almost as excited as I am.  For me the ...

When I was a kid I watched wildlife TV shows. From birds of paradise” to platypus to “prairie chickens,” I marveled at the strange appearance and behavior of animals around the globe. “There’s nothing ...

It is a ridiculous looking animal. A bill as long as its body with huge, dopey saucer-like eyes set far back on its head. It stutters when it walks, like there is a short-circuit somewhere. Even its ...

With nicknames like timberdoodle and bogsucker, you’d think it’d be hard to be taken seriously. And yet hundreds of naturalists from around the world will converge on Michigan this fall to discuss ...

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BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife has partnered with biologists from Canada into the southern United States to help better understand the migration patterns of the ...

If you’re in the right place at the right time during the coming month, you might have a chance to witness one of nature’s most impressive courtship flights. The American woodcock, also called the ...

Woodcock may be the strangest North American upland bird. They have upside-down brains, eyes on the backs of their heads, long probing beaks, red breast meat, and white leg meat. Their ...

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