The aerial acrobatics of this squat shorebird's courtship display once awed Aldo Leopold. Judge for yourself at a guided bird ...

The American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), a.k.a. Timberdoodle, is a migratory game bird in the shorebird family Scolopacidae.

In fact, the slowest recorded flight by a bird was a woodcock at 5 miles per hour. But they are maneuverable. The fact that remaining still is their first line of defense, rather than running or ...