Woodcock may be the strangest North American upland bird. They have upside-down brains, eyes on the backs of their heads, long probing beaks, red breast meat, and white leg meat. Their nicknames ...

The American woodcock thrives in open, meadow-like spaces. Getty Images/500px Plus The short-legged bird’s population is dwindling due to habitat loss and changing ecosystems.

The woodcock is on the red list in the UK for its threatened status. The charity’s Twitter access returned on January 29 with no explanation from the social media platform. Twitter has been ...

View The Woodcock, Studies in Words and Pictures, NUMBER 19 OF 26 COPIES, ADDITONAL SIGNED WATERCOLOUR OF A WOODCOCK IN FLIGHT, Holt, Fine Sporting Interests, 1988 by Richard Robjent on artnet. Browse ...

Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto. An American Woodcock, Scolopax minor, hunting for grubs in the snow as winter starts to recede. iSTOCK/COX. AVERAGE GUY OUTDOORS (COLUMN) ...

With regard to woodcock, the average harvest at the 2024 national hunt was 0.72 woodcock per hunter per day, a substantial drop from the 10-year mean of 1.7 and the 40-year mean of 2.0.