They’re Baaaaack
Mr. Woodcock! (See last year’s post – they’re 2 weeks later this year!) Wow — I guess spring really is going to come….
Mr. Woodcock! (See last year’s post – they’re 2 weeks later this year!) Wow — I guess spring really is going to come….
March 24, 2007 at 1:56 pm
That’s a cool looking bird! Great use of camo-plumage. Found a picture online at:
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/moosehorn/images/Woodcock.jpg
Checked out the previous post–cool use of the preview image plugin, by the way–and your mention of the mating ritual reminded me of a recent show I watched on the Galapagos Islands. Now the Waved Albatross has a brilliantly bizarre mating dance. You can see pictures of it here:
http://www.rit.edu/~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/Albatross.html