woodcock

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New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Another evolutionary driver of itinerant breeding in woodcock could be predation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

In the spring and the fall, the American woodcock often makes an appearance.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

They concluded the woodcock gets its brilliance from the microscopic structure of tiny barbs arranged in parallel like window blinds, increasing the feathers’ reflective surface area.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 21, 2022

Among them is the woodcock, a species that winters in southern areas recently heavily sprayed with heptachlor.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson