Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BRISTOL — “Fiddlesqueak,” “bogsucker,” “mudbat” and “timberdoodle” are just a few of the colorful nicknames for the American ...

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You don’t need to be good at bird-spotting to track down the visiting American woodcocks currently holding court in midtown’s Bryant Park, right behind the New York Public Library. Just look for a ...

Each March the timberdoodle begins a fascinating ritual known as the skydance. “You can see them take up and do this really cool dance against the setting sun,” said Jim Phillips, fisheries biologist ...

According to Johnson, nerve endings in the bill are thought to help the bird find worms by taste, smell or vibration. Extraction of worms is also aided by a long, rough tongue. A timberdoodle's ears ...

From a June 28, 2001, letter written by Gaylord resident Jerry Myers to the editor of the National Wildlife Federation in response to the article “What’s to Become of the Timberdoodle?” (The ...

Nature loves to let us know when spring has sprung. Trees start to bloom. The weather is getting warmer. Birds spiral up to the sky and then come crashing down to attract a mate. That last one may ...

It's a weird-looking bird with a too-long beak and large eyes set high on its head, as if someone assembled it with spare parts. But fans of woodcock admire the little robin-sized game bird for its ...