“Cuckoo” Cuckoo and “tween” Woodcock
Baby American Woodcock
Yesterday before having fun over at Allenburg Bog, I spent the morning opening the CLDC MAPS banding station. Jeremy helped with some weed-eating and also assisted with getting the mist-nets ready for banding. We were both surprised when Jeremy located some young Woodcocks hiding in the grass. They couldn’t fly yet and had some pin feathers in its flight feathers (flight feathers were still growing). I couldn’t believe how well camouflaged these little birdies were with the surrounding vegetation that they were hiding in.
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