Large numbers of woodcock usually arrive in Louisiana in winter. I can often find evidence of them by searching for the small holes that they make in wet areas as they search for food. In recent years it has been difficult to find them because drought conditions in winter had left the ground hard and dry. Lost of woodland habitat is probably part of it too.
There have been some heavy winter rains lately, and the fields and bottom woodlands are moist.
So this morning I decided to check out the soaked bottom of the hill and was jolted backwards when 2 woodcock flushed from under my feet!! What a surprise..and what joy to know they are back!
Now I will listen in evening and early morning for their booming displays and wonder if they could possibly nest in my very small damp woods.
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