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My first March adventure outdoors to discover the secrets of the American woodcock happened decades ago at Spring Bluff Forest Preserve in Lake County. Shivering in the cold March air — with mud, snow ...

I’ve decided this would be the year I would try to see some American Woodcocks and their famous spring “sky dance.” Do you know of any secret places where I should look for them? No way, Dennis, I’m ...

Woodcock may be the strangest North American upland bird. They have upside-down brains, eyes on the backs of their heads, long probing beaks, red breast meat, and white leg meat. Their ...