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 ...

At cursory glance, which is all most people would take if they bothered to look at all, the reach of winter-browned coastal prairie appeared a mostly monotonous sweep of emptiness. Maybe they'd notice ...

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 ...

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 ...