Running along snowy Bragg Hill Road at lunchtime, into a biting north 
wind on this first day of Spring with my studded shoes, I wasn't 
expecting to see a WOODCOCK.

The bird made 2 short flights, providing clear views of a fat body with 
orange-buff underparts, short tail, stubby rounded wings, and endless bill.

Snowcover along most of Bragg Hill is presently about 30 cm, yet until 
Monday afternoon there were extensive bare patches near where the bird 
was seen. Worms must be in short supply today, however!

Doug Hardy
Norwich

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Junction Brown Schoolhouse and Bragg Hill Roads, Windsor, US-VT
Mar 20, 2013 11:30 AM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:     running towards home on Bragg Hill
1 species

American Woodcock  1

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