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| What is the American Woodcock Scientific Name |
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| What is the American Woodcock Order? |
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| What is the American Woodcock Family? |
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| What is the American Woodcock Range? |
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Eastern North America from southern Canada to Gulf States
Breeds in the North, Winter in South |
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| How can you tell male American Woodcock apart from females? |
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Bill- <66=male >69=female
Weight- 5 1/2 oz.=male 7 oz=female |
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Migration begins late January-early February
Arrive late February-early March |
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| How big does nesting habitat need to be? |
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| Greatly varied, between 1/4 to 100+ acres |
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| When do woodcock do courtship displays? |
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30-60 minutes at dusk and dawn
Flights last about 1 minute, at 350 feet above the ground |
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| Within 100 yards of an occupied singing grounds, seedling/sapling stage forest, nest on the ground |
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| How many eggs are laid, and how long does incubation take? |
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| 4 eggs, incubation between 19-22 days |
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| What is the growth of chicks like? |
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| Chicks are precocial, fed by hen first 3 to 4 days, can fly by 2 weeks, fully grown at 4 weeks, primarily insect diets until full grown |
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Roost in open fields near daytime cover
Roosting grounds= singing grounds
3 acre field required |
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| 90% Earthworms, moist soil preferred |
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| What kind of cutting should be used? |
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Rotational Clearcutting or shelterwood clearing
Rotations of 80-100 yards required |
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| What are two harvest surveys? |
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Harvest information program
Woodcock Wing Collection Survey |
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| What is a population survey? |
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| North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey |
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