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Date: 1/23/25 1:09 pm From: Nate Dias (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Woodcock in downtown Charleston today
My mother's sister Sarah lives in downtown Charleston on Ashley Avenue, and just now she emailed a photo of an American Woodcock in her back yard. Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM Nate Dias <offshorebirder...> wrote: > With this winter weather approaching, I figured I would give folks living > on or near the coast a heads-up: when somewhat inland wooded areas in the > coastal plain get significant snow or ice, this can cause mass movements of > Woodcocks towards the coast. > > Arthur T. Wayne wrote about this in 1892: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2668&context=auk__;!!OToaGQ!swmdcOTXQO4Ua4EzEJOKHaQU_HohZoXr_bAu-FBA6tyH0g2rAuCaaFoOCAN45uFktkwdoV5pALXmYlh-Q-LWQN_RAfAo$ > digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2668&context=auk > > During the snow/ice event of January 2014 in Charleston, my mother looked > out her kitchen window and saw a Woodcock bobbing around her back yard > probing for worms. It stayed for a while: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/12242939956/__;!!OToaGQ!swmdcOTXQO4Ua4EzEJOKHaQU_HohZoXr_bAu-FBA6tyH0g2rAuCaaFoOCAN45uFktkwdoV5pALXmYlh-Q-LWQP0ADrTB$ > flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/12242939956 > > So be on the lookout! > > Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC > > -- > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/__;!!OToaGQ!swmdcOTXQO4Ua4EzEJOKHaQU_HohZoXr_bAu-FBA6tyH0g2rAuCaaFoOCAN45uFktkwdoV5pALXmYlh-Q-LWQBhhZ87K$ > flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2 > > "These days I prefer to hunt with a camera. A good photograph demands > more skill from the hunter, better nerves and more patience than the rifle > shot." -- Bror Blixen > >

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