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April 24, 2008 - Singing grounds are busy places right now. Earlier in the week I took a couple evenings and visited a nearby singing ground and witnessed several birds in a small area trying to one-up each another. One particular bird landed 10-feet to my left and cursed me out with vocalizations I had not previously heard. I'm fairly confident that woodcock can swear...
Some brush clearing was recently completed on one of our Pine County study sites, it will be interesting to see how long it takes birds to find and use it. Introduce a spouse, family member or hunting partner to woodcock by taking them out to watch singing displays. Shows start nightly at 8:30 p.m.
April 19, 2008 - Here is a link to a thesis on woodcock migration done in 2004:
April 17, 2008 - Last Saturday the Finlayson-Giese Sportsmen's club house was destroyed by an arsonist. The historic log building was one of at least 10 buildings, including several lake homes, that were burned that night. The FGSC is a valued partner in our singing ground research study. Several Woodcock Minnesota members have expressed interest in helping with the clean up. The club will let us know when they will have a clean up day and we'll post it here. We have no doubt the club will be stronger than ever and rebuild quickly..
April 12, 2008 - Woodcock Minnesota takes to the air waves! State biologist and board member Earl Johnson is joined by Bill Sherck, host of Due North TV as he talks about banding, aging, and sexing woodcock. You can catch the show this coming Thursday (the 17th) on Fox Sports Net (FSN) North at 6:00 p.m. Due North TV will also feature a woodcock hunt filmed last fall with our own Randy Havel and Jim Gerchy that is set to air in August. We'll pass on the date and time when it is set. Finally, something worth watching on TV!
April 8, 2008 - Representatives from the USFWS, Wildlife Management Institute, and state wildlife agencies recently met at the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Phoenix to finalize a federal woodcock conservation plan.
Woodcock Conservation Plan pdf 1.07MB
Great Lakes Woodcock Initiative pdf 170K
Watch for updates on the plan!
April 4, 2008 - Welcome to eSplash the new Woodcock Minnesota website!
Singing males have returned to central Minnesota and it seems like the perfect time to launch our new website. The site is a work in progress and we will continue to add functionality, but what you see here is a look at what's to come.