woodcock management

[TrappinTommer]

A friend of mine is a biologist that helps a timber company manage for early successional habitat for wildlife, in particular woodcock. I try to make it down a few times a year to help him out, especially when they are catching and banding birds. I have posted pictures on here before but here is a photo from last night and a short video of a woodcock "peenting" before it flew into the mist net. You can't see it that great but they sure are neat to listen to. It is the dark spot in the circle on the video.
Here's the bird I caught after we banded it and attached a tracking unit.

[Admin]

That's pretty cool Tom. It must be a blast doing that kind of stuff.

[maritimer]

;D Very cool stuff!

[woodsman416]

Those birds have probably taken a few years off my life. They fly out from under my feet when I'm hiking out of the woods during bow season. I think if I was holding one like that I might be tempted to take out a little revenge on it!