Yup, you read it right. I saw a woodcock alright!
Yesterday a.m. while searching for the "oporornis" I kicked it up. It flew 50' and landed again. I walked closer to get a look, but it flushed again and flew out of sight into the trees and brush.
So WHAT THE HECK is a Woodcock doing in my yard NOW?
I would expect, that IF I was to see that bird in my yard it would have been March or April. Maybe there's a nest in my yard...that's been undetected till now....yeah right...not here!
I'll take it anyhow. That makes an even 100 for the year (counting Oporornis sp. as 99) and 104 for all-time.
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Very odd timing for a migrant, but what else could it be?? In a similarly late category (but not quite as extreme) I had a Red-headed Woodpecker fly over today. Only my second ever in the yard and my first in the spring!
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