woodcock

Example Sentences

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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

A bird conservation charity said it had been locked out of its Twitter account for eight days after posting several tweets about woodcock.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

The consequences of the sublethal poisoning of the woodcock are now seen in a marked decline in the proportion of young birds to adults, first observed in the season after fire ant treatments began.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson