Woodcock hunters should be aware of this essential certification. By Nathan Ratchford | Ducks Unlimited Conservation Communications Coordinator Woodcock season is nearly upon us. As you gear up for fall […]
Woodcock Ecology
How to Age And Sex American Woodcock
by Stefan Nelson | RGS & AWS Forest Wildlife Specialist and Sam Lau | RGS & AWS Integrated Habitat Biologist Three Ways to Determine Woodcock Gender There are several ways […]
Two-Season Birds
by Greg Hoch Springtime “I know the woodcock as a harbinger of spring, more cheering to me than the most mellifluous thrush.” Charles Fergus, “A Hunter’s Book of Days” Spring […]
Conservation Coming Soon …
RGS & AWS is growing its conservation delivery team to improve habitat right where it’s needed most as told to Kristyn Brady This spring, RGS & AWS set out to […]
Satellite Tracking and the Science of Woodcock Migration
by Erik Blomberg, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Conservation Biology, University of Maine Each year around the second week of March, I make a habit of […]
Return of the Timberdoodles
Banding American woodcock in the spring by Bailey Peterson “The early bird gets the worm.” Obviously, whoever wrote that quote was referring to the woodcock returning to their breeding grounds […]
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 […]
Woodcock Banding at Pineridge Grouse Camp
by Tom Keer Everyone knows about the five seasons in the Northwoods. There’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Mud. Regular folks grumble about that last one, but not a woodcock […]
Stewart Makes Huge Contributions to Grouse and Woodcock During Career
By Jeff Helsdon When Al Stewart was 12, he started woodcock hunting. Little did he imagine his passion would turn into a remarkable career. Al retired on April 1, 2021, […]
Radio Tracking Woodcock Chicks
Unique study finds downed logs used extensively for predator cover before green up
