Woodcock Evening

Apr. 27, 2010
Deep dusk displays of courting woodcock involve death defying dives.

This is a fun hunt! Once a year, recently, SPAS has received permission to be on the Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS) to view dives from heights beyond imagination as the male woodcock woos on-looking females. They are not easy to see, and they perform at dawn and dusk. The sound of his wings making a trilling and thrilling vibration help to pinpoint his landing spot from which he calls plaintively peent peent peent And does a she answer?

Children who are used to being totally still and quiet for extended periods of time may come.
Bring your flashlight with the strongest brightest light.

Arrive a few minutes early to meet and form carpools in the parking lot of the Arden Hills City Hall.
AHATS is a locked secure area, so the group will move in and out all together.

Registration: No registration required.

Difficulty: Easy

Contacts: Julian Sellers 651 698 5737 ClayChristensen 651 631 0949

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