Most people don’t realize the benefit of woodcock habitat work accomplished in the winter. While there are a number of reasons why habitat work occurs this time of year, one of the main reasons is ...

A study by researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute deciphering the type of forest that woodcock need to raise their young has found that the little ...

DULUTH — Four woodcock that grew up in northern Minnesota are spending their winter basking in the Gulf Coast region sunshine and are checking in every five days to tell us about it. They are part of ...

There's a courtship going on in nature that is unlike any other, and anyone can witness it if they are in the right locale come dusk or dawn. In fact, the bird is seldom seen, but it's the sound that ...

My first March adventure outdoors to discover the secrets of the American woodcock happened decades ago at Spring Bluff Forest Preserve in Lake County. Shivering in the cold March air — with mud, snow ...

DULUTH — The little birds with the long bills need lots of logs and branches on the ground to hide from predators. That’s one of the findings in a study by the University of Minnesota-Duluth’s Natural ...

Upland game bird managers in Minnesota are logging trees and mowing down brush to create better habitat for grouse and American woodcock this year in a trio of locations, including state-owned ...

For upland bird hunters seeking a challenge, consider pursuing the American woodcock. Pennsylvania boasts the greatest number of woodcock hunters in the Eastern Flyway, but that only amounts to about ...