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My "resident woodcock" has been here faithfully every spring for the past f=
ive years. =C2=A0Usually the first of April. =C2=A0This year he showed up a=
couple times in early April, I spotted him at dusk and put out worms in a =
tray of soil. =C2=A0I think he did eat there, then the weather worsened for=
a while, with cold cold nights. =C2=A0I spotted him again a week later, he=
came back and started to call for a while then left, and the next night to=
call and do a few flight displays, but I have not heard a peep from him si=
nce. =C2=A0
He always chose the very same spot of pasture to call from, and just as the=
snow was disappearing he also disappeared. =C2=A0I fear something got him =
or he just died from the effort of trying to survive those early days after=
travelling all the way here. =C2=A0Very sad for me not to hear his familia=
r call and enjoy watching the mating flights. =C2=A0Spring is not the same.=
=C2=A0Sadly many others have met the same fate I'm sure of it. =C2=A0No do=
ubt there are some still carrying on and will make a comeback if the next y=
ears bring fairly normal Winter and Spring. =C2=A0
I was wondering how long woodcocks live. =C2=A0"My" woodcock may have been =
old for a woodcock by that time. =C2=A0Does anyone know?
Carmel SmithMidville, Lunenburg County=20
On Saturday, May 9, 2015 10:33 PM, Chris Pepper <cpepper@ymail.com> wr=
ote:
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Hi Eric,Kate and I didn't get any Woodcock tonight but we had 4 last night=
without putting in too much effort. We saw and heard quite a few on our ow=
l routes recently as well.
Chris
From: Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca>
To: Nature NS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; NSRBA <NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com>=20
Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2015 9:08 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Woodcock on NS Migration Count
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#yiv5118168018 body {font-family:"Calibri", "Slate Pro", "sans-serif";colo=
r:#262626;}I am just in (at 10pm) from more than an hour listening for Wood=
cock=E2=80=8E in their usual places on Brier Island. Not a bird to be heard=
.
I fear that this spring's terrible weather when they arrived was a disaster=
, as we feared.
Has anyone else searched for Woodcock and what were the results?
Eric
Eric=C2=A0L.=C2=A0Mills=20
Lower=C2=A0Rose=C2=A0Bay
Lunenburg=C2=A0Co.,=C2=A0Nova=C2=A0Scotia=C2=A0
Canada
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rdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_143121=
9684922_28568" dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1431219684922_29061">My=
"resident woodcock" has been here faithfully every spring for the past fiv=
e years. Usually the first of April. This year he showed up a c=
ouple times in early April, I spotted him at dusk and put out worms in a tr=
ay of soil. I think he did eat there, then the weather worsened for a=
while, with cold cold nights. I spotted him again a week later, he c=
ame back and started to call for a while then left, and the next night to c=
all and do a few flight displays, but I have not heard a peep from him sinc=
e. <br><br>He always chose the very same spot of pasture to call from=
, and just as the snow was disappearing he also disappeared. I fear s=
omething got him or he just died from the effort of trying to survive those=
early days after travelling all the way here. Very sad for me not to=
hear his familiar call and enjoy watching the mating flights. Spring=
is not the same. Sadly many others have met the same fate I'm sure o=
f it. No doubt there are some still carrying on and will make a comeb=
ack if the next years bring fairly normal Winter and Spring. <br><br>=
I was wondering how long woodcocks live. "My" woodcock may have been =
old for a woodcock by that time. Does anyone know?</span></div><div i=
d=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1431219684922_28568" dir=3D"ltr"><span><br></span></div><=
div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1431219684922_28568" dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_1=
6_0_1_1431219684922_32730">Carmel Smith</span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1=
_1431219684922_28568" dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1431219684922_32=
732">Midville, Lunenburg County</span></div> <br><div class=3D"qtdSeparate=
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<div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial=
, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font siz=
e=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> On Saturday, May 9, 2015 10:33 PM, Chris Pepper <=
;cpepper@ymail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class=3D"y_=
msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv5118168018"><div><div style=3D"color:#000;back=
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al, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id=3D"yiv5118168018yui_=
3_16_0_1_1431219080362_20768"><span>Hi Eric,</span></div><div id=3D"yiv5118=
168018yui_3_16_0_1_1431219080362_20770">Kate and I didn't get any Woodcock =
tonight but we had 4 last night without putting in too much effort. We saw =
and heard quite a few on our owl routes recently as well.</div><div id=3D"y=
iv5118168018yui_3_16_0_1_1431219080362_20770"><br></div><div id=3D"yiv51181=
68018yui_3_16_0_1_1431219080362_20770">Chris</div><br> <div style=3D"font-=
family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans=
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_1_1431219080362_20819"> <div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yiv5118168018yui_3_16_0_1_1=
431219080362_20818"> <hr size=3D"1"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <b><=
span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Eric Mills <E.Mills@Da=
l.Ca><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Nature NS =
<naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; NSRBA <NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com> <br> =
<b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>