While the woodcock’s beak isn’t particularly large, it’s relatively long (2.5-2.75 in) compared to the bird’s measurements. Being very straight-billed adds to the bird’s distinctive ...

Under these drastically changing conditions, the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds. Smaller finches with less-powerful beaks perished.

From birds of paradise” to platypus to “prairie ... season and fish runs in the local rivers start soon About that beak A woodcock’s beak has a prehensile tip. Imagine a long skinny pair ...

Pictured above is the American Woodcock, also known by some as timberdoodles according to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. With ...

It’s a bird that goes by many different names, Timberdoodle, Bog Snipe or Night Partridge, but whatever the name, the American Woodcock is making itself known in the skies of Southeastern Ohio. WHIZ’s ...

The aerial acrobatics of this squat shorebird's courtship display once awed Aldo Leopold. Judge for yourself at a guided bird ...

The American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), a.k.a. Timberdoodle, is a migratory game bird in the shorebird family Scolopacidae.

Taking a closure look, it's impressive to see how the stripes and spots on the woodcocks' feathers help them blend seamlessly ...