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

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

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 ...

Good butchers and game dealers should be able to source woodcocks ... spread on buttered toast and eaten like a pâté. These little birds will roast in as little as 10 minutes and can be served ...

From singing American robins to the rat-a-tats of various objects by woodpeckers, to trumpeting trumpeter swans and much more ...