Studying woodcock migration with RGS & AWS funded GPS technology. The Virginia Chapters of the Ruffed Grouse Society have provided the latest commitment of member support for an international collaborative […]
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Understanding Woodcock Migration – RGS
Researchers studying and working to understand the migration habits and tendencies of one remarkable bird. One late afternoon last October, Alex Fish and I headed to a woodlot owned by […]
Risk and Reward for the American Woodcock
Risk and Reward for the American Woodcock: the Energy Balance of an Early Migrant in a Late-Winter Storm By Andy Weik, RGS & AWS Regional Wildlife Biologist In the snowy […]
American Woodcock Activity Reports for February
The daily and weekly historical maps may be viewed here: http://ruffedgrousesociety.org/Migration%20Maps%20-%20Feb%202016. We’ve had more February reports to the system than any other recent February. A review of the comments provided […]
Tracking Woodcock Migration Research
The winter woodcock trapping season is complete with the last satellite transmitters (PTTs) deployed in February 2016. This winter the researchers deployed 28 transmitters in Louisiana and Texas. It appears […]
