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

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.

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 ...

In fact, the slowest recorded flight by a bird was a woodcock at 5 miles per hour. But they are maneuverable. The fact that remaining still is their first line of defense, rather than running or ...