by Marc Fryt “Stupid barn!” I yelled, ejecting two more smoking spent shells from the shotgun. My voice carried off deeply into the early winter woods. Windsor, my English setter, […]
Woodcock in Print
by Glen R. Blackwood | Director of Regional Development Eastern Great Lakes 2024 is the 10th anniversary of the American Woodcock Society. In honor of this diamond event, a discussion […]
Pieces and Parts: A Woodcock Affair
by T. Edward Nickens It’s never been less than a mystery. Not even after three dozen years in pursuit of this bird. Not even when the bird dog is stone-still, […]
WI Coverts (Wisconsin)
Agreement Narrative: WI Coverts Primary Funder: Wisconsin Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) SFI Implementation Committee (SIC) Location: UW-Madison Kemp Natural Resources Station, Woodruff, Wisconsin Innovation: The Wisconsin Coverts Project began in […]
WI NRCS Forest Wildlife Specialist Private Lands Program (Wisconsin)
Agreement Narrative: WI NRCS Forest Wildlife Specialist Private Lands Program Primary Funder: Natural Resources Conservation Service Location: Northern, Central, and Driftless Forest Priority Regions of WI Innovation: With 58% of […]
Know Your Cover – Where to Find Woodcock
And Active Land Management for Them by Larry Partridge | RGS & AWS Lower Michigan and Eastern U.P. Forest Conservation Coordinator The American woodcock is one of our most beloved […]
EMWRC Update 04.01.24
01 April 2024. One of our birds that last checked in from Louisiana on February 19, adult female LA-2024-37, has miraculously reappeared in southeast Minnesota! She’s been there since March 11. […]
EMWRC Update 03.29.24
29 March 2024.A couple of our birds recently exhibited ‘reverse migration’, moving south instead of north, no doubt due to scarcity of food after last week’s storms. See LA-2024-58 in […]
EMWRC Update 03.25.24
25 March 2024.Most of our birds have stayed hunkered down in their same locations since last week, no doubt in part due to the recent large weather systems moving through […]
EMWRC Update 03.21.24
21 March 2024.A couple notable northward movements to report from our young Louisiana males:– LA-2024-58 moved approximately 1,200 kilometers in the last week, from NE Ohio all the way to […]