I've put a lotta work into a post, tried to post a range map twice and had the "New Picture Uploader" delete everything I've posted (including the picture). 'HATE the new look.
Anyhow, on the way to the blind Thursday morning I could have sworn I saw in the headlights a Woodcock by a little leftover pool of water. I'm between Sheffield and Sanderson, waaay outside their range.
Is this even possible? That's gotta be one lonely bird, if so. (My original post was a lot more colorful.) It wasn't a Killdeer. I know what a woodcock looks like and the thing fluttered straight up, just like I've seen "Timberdoodles" do on TV.
I'm posting this here 'cause I was deer hunting at the time. (And those Upland Bird Hunting guys are so uppity.) HAY! There's the dam map! What the...
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...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
Back when I duck hunted lake corpus often I would see one or two each year on the banks. I used to live in Michigan and hunted them regularly so I new what they were. They were woodcock, not snipe. Its likely that's what you saw.
