American Woodcock

American Woodcock

American woodcock is the Medium, with buff-brown underparts and an upperpart is dark-streaked gray-brown. Head has black bars rather than the stripes of most other sandpipers. Eyes are black and very large; bill is dull yellow with a black tip and is long and heavy. The legs and feet are Pale. It is found in open woodlands and moist overgrown fields from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast.

Interesting Facts

The detailed courtship habit of the male American Woodcock may be frequent as long as four months running, sometimes long-lasting even after females have already come up with their clutch and left the nest.
In this species, there is no pair bond and the male give no parental care. Nor is there any proof of a social power hierarchy.