They’re short, they’re stout, and they’re reclusive as hermits. But when it comes to attracting a mate, the male woodcock pulls out all the stops. Bob Speare, a naturalist at the Massachusetts Audubon Society, takes us on an audio tour of the woodcock’s singing grounds in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
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