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Woodcock puts on a sky dance
In his classic "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), wildlife biologist Aldo Leopold described the male American woodcock's courtship display as a "sky dance." I call it my favorite harbinger of spring.
A few nights ago as I watched the February full moon rise in the east, a familiar sound caught my ear. "Peent!" A few seconds later, another nasal "peent!" The sound reminds me of the call of common nighthawks as they sweep the sky for insects on warm summer nights.
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Woodcock puts on a sky dance
In his classic "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), wildlife biologist Aldo Leopold described the male American woodcock's courtship display as a "sky dance." I call it my favorite harbinger of spring.
A few nights ago as I watched the February full moon rise in the east, a familiar sound caught my ear. "Peent!" A few seconds later, another nasal "peent!" The sound reminds me of the call of common nighthawks as they sweep the sky for insects on warm summer nights.
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