woodcock
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New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
While migration and reproduction take a lot of energy, American woodcock reduce the cost in other ways, Slezak said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
It was hoped species such as lapwing, redshank and woodcock would find a haven in the wet woodland, while otters and water voles would use the restored network of waterways as corridors and breeding habitat.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
In the clear light of day, the Eurasian woodcock doesn’t stand out.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 21, 2022
Anything that would make me appear more like a Londoner and less like a green country woodcock, I was more than willing to adopt.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Food writing as politically incorrect and unabashedly chauvinistic is as rare these days as, say, the roasted woodcocks Liebling seems to have eaten by the dozen.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2017
There are dozens of Scolopacidae species spanning the globe, and while close to two dozen have "sandpiper" in their names, many more don't: godwits, woodcocks, stints, knots, yellowlegs, etc.
From The Verge ● Jun. 26, 2016
The Mighty Merlins knew from their reconnaissance that woodcocks started vocalizing about 4:30 a.m.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2016
The cook pirouetted with dignity around the 24-foot electric stove, carefully sniffed the game rack, where hung pheasants, quail, ducks, grouse, and woodcocks waiting till they were high enough for a President's taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
We traverse fields and forests, walk through barren lands where quails and woodcocks fly up at our feet, and, after twelve miles of bushwhacking, enter the Plattekill State Forest.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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