Funny thing. Have a photo of a Woodcock in our snow-covered (1-2 ft). yard , 3/19/2011. Must have used the same travel agency!  I too was worried about worms! <br><br><br>Cindy<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Doug Hardy <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind1303C%26L%3DUV-BIRDERS%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D23333%26B%3D--047d7bdc9fd29e299a04d85f8a59%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DUTF-8%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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&#39;t expecting to see a WOODCOCK.<br>


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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.<br>
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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!<br>
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Doug Hardy<br>
Norwich<br>
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Junction Brown Schoolhouse and Bragg Hill Roads, Windsor, US-VT<br>
Mar 20, 2013 11:30 AM<br>
Protocol: Incidental<br>
Comments:     running towards home on Bragg Hill<br>
1 species<br>
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American Woodcock  1<br>
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