Q. This probably falls into the category of "dumb question," but how do you tell a snipe from a woodcock? A. That's not a dumb question at all. They're both long-billed birds with brownish-colored ...

LITTLE ROCK (AGFC) – If you read all the way to the bottom of news articles about setting of early migratory bird hunting seasons, you saw those names. Woodcock, snipe, rail, gallinule, moorhen. What ...

Timberdoodle, bogsucker, night partridge, brush snipe, hokumpoke, and becasse. What do all these strange names have in common? They are folk names for one of Hunterdon County's strangest birds: the ...

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When I lived in Massachusetts, my favorite late-February field trip was the evening trek to Arlington Great Meadows to view the "Sky Dance" of a plump shorebird - the American woodcock. We gathered in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CASPER — His boots squished in the muck as Chris Madsen trudged through the marsh along the edge of a large pond. He stopped and looked around at the ...

The Chippewa Nature Center, 400 S. Badour, Midland, will hold a hike ‘In Search of Woodcock and Snipe’ from 7:30-9:30 p.m. April 13. This short hike will be lead by naturalist Tom Lenon who will be on ...

Non-resident hunters visiting Missouri who want to pursue waterfowl, doves, snipe, woodcock and rails will be required to purchase a new Non-Resident Migratory Bird Permit for $60 beginning Jan. 1.

Householders will be asked to look out for snipe, kingfishers and other unusual visitors to the garden this weekend as part of a national birdwatching survey. By Louise Gray and Louisegray 30 January ...

The sounds that whispered from the night sky on some cool autumn evenings when the moon was bright and the wind was out of the north reminded the old man of the sound and rhythm of ocean waves ...