[Maine-birds] Woodcocks in western Maine

Hi folks,

In light of the recent extensive discussions about the lack of woodcocks this spring, I thought I had better get myself outside at the appropriate time, and see what the state of affairs is here in the foothills of western Maine.  I live on 160 acres of highly sloped, westward facing fields and woods (most of the latter are recovering from extensive logging by the previous owners roughly 20-25 years ago, although there are some patches of older, more open pines).  At 8PM, I heard woodcocks before the door had even closed behind me.  Granted, there do not seem to be as many simultaneous individuals out there as in some previous years, but there is plenty of woodcock 'noise' as well as deafening peepers and a near-dusk turkey.  A couple of hours earlier, there were grouse drumming everywhere, as well as a 5:30PM barred owl down in the wet.

Jan

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.