Out early yesterday morning at Shaw Mountain Preserve in Benson, I almost stepped on a woodcock that flew right up in front of me.  She only went about 30 feet until landing and doing her broken wing act.   Knowing I was about to step on something I just looked in front of my feet for over a minute before finally seeing two chicks.  Their bills were almost as long as their bodies.  I should have had my camera with me.

Also heard
Canada Geese
Black-throated green
Black-throated blue
Cuckoo
Snipe
Turkeys
Ovenbirds
Chickadees
Robins
Red-breasted Grosbeak
Great-crested Flycatcher


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Joel Flewelling
Ghostwriters Communications
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