"Peent" last night heard (they are hard to see in the dark) an American Woodcock displaying to attract a mate. Woodcock males walk around open areas in the eastern part of the country at dusk "peenting" then launch into an amazing aerial display in which they can spiral up 300 feet, wings creating a chirping sound, then land and continue "peenting." Females come to the display grounds, choose a mate then go into the woods, nest on the ground, and raise the young themselves. Go listen at dusk near open field areas near woods. Woodcocks use that long bill to probe for earthworms in the mud eyes perched atop their head provide surround sight to look for predators. Woodcocks are truly one of the avian wonders this time of year.
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