woodcock
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New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Another evolutionary driver of itinerant breeding in woodcock could be predation.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
In the spring and the fall, the American woodcock often makes an appearance.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023
They concluded the woodcock gets its brilliance from the microscopic structure of tiny barbs arranged in parallel like window blinds, increasing the feathers’ reflective surface area.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 21, 2022
The consequences of the sublethal poisoning of the woodcock are now seen in a marked decline in the proportion of young birds to adults, first observed in the season after fire ant treatments began.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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