Photo by Jacob Enos (Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLet’s Talk About Chicks<\/h2>\n
When the Timberdoodle creates a nest there will normally be anywhere from 1 to 12 eggs in the \u201cclutch\u201d.\u00a0 The eggs will typically be a creamy color with some brown colored spots near to the larger end of the egg. \u00a0As soon as the downy chicks hatch, they are fed by their mother for about a week.\u00a0 They will start to follow the suit of their mom and begin probing the dirt around three or four days after they have hatched.\u00a0 Then they quickly leave the nest to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n
It’s interesting to know that the father bird pays no attention to the chicks and will not help out with raising the chicks.\u00a0 It’s all down to the mother.\u00a0 In fact the father will happily go and mate with a number of different females.To help him do this, he has created an elaborate show that is sure to attract all females in the area. First,\u00a0\u00a0he will give lot’s of \u201cpeents\u201d from the ground before flying upwards in a spiral fashion.\u00a0 When he gets to around 70 to 100 meters his wings start to twitter (no, not that Twitter).\u00a0 Then he will descend and start to chirp instead of twittering, diving down in a zig zag fashion.\u00a0 If he is lucky there will be a female waiting on the ground!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From eastern parts of North America, the American Woodcock is a wonderful bird to watch and comes with a string of fascinating nicknames that include the Timberdoodle, Bogsucker, Night Partridge Cool Stuff You Might Like To Know: The population has fallen by around 1% every year since the 1960’s It’s bill is nice and flexible so it can feel for, and catch earthworms as it searches the ground The bird sometimes rocks it’s body back and forth without moving it’s head, placing it’s foot down heavily to encourage worms to wriggle around and be detected more easily. It’s one of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[3485,348,46,3486,4025,2871,3487],"yoast_head":"\n
North American Birds - The American Woodcock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The American Woodcock is an intriguing bird and one of the few shorebirds that is regularly hunted for sport. Learn more about the American Woodcock at Wild Facts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North American Birds - The American Woodcock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The American Woodcock is an intriguing bird and one of the few shorebirds that is regularly hunted for sport. Learn more about the American Woodcock at Wild Facts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Animal Facts For Kids | Wild Facts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-23T05:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-01-16T17:41:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/American-Woodcock.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nathan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nathan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/\",\"name\":\"North American Birds - The American Woodcock\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-23T05:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-16T17:41:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5129f3f0129e9989a2b850bb2f3cc4\"},\"description\":\"The American Woodcock is an intriguing bird and one of the few shorebirds that is regularly hunted for sport. Learn more about the American Woodcock at Wild Facts.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/\",\"name\":\"Animal Facts For Kids | Wild Facts\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5129f3f0129e9989a2b850bb2f3cc4\",\"name\":\"Nathan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e126172d6ffd6e322bd2cea79f2ad95?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e126172d6ffd6e322bd2cea79f2ad95?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Nathan\"},\"description\":\"I am a digital nomad who enjoys travelling around the globe while inspiring others to leave their comfort zone and improve their life. I have a passion for self-development and of course everything related to our natural ecosystems.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/author\/wildfac1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"North American Birds - The American Woodcock","description":"The American Woodcock is an intriguing bird and one of the few shorebirds that is regularly hunted for sport. Learn more about the American Woodcock at Wild Facts.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"North American Birds - The American Woodcock","og_description":"The American Woodcock is an intriguing bird and one of the few shorebirds that is regularly hunted for sport. Learn more about the American Woodcock at Wild Facts.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/","og_site_name":"Animal Facts For Kids | Wild Facts","article_published_time":"2013-01-23T05:00:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-01-16T17:41:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":534,"url":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/American-Woodcock.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nathan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nathan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/","name":"North American Birds - The American Woodcock","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-01-23T05:00:28+00:00","dateModified":"2015-01-16T17:41:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5129f3f0129e9989a2b850bb2f3cc4"},"description":"The American Woodcock is an intriguing bird and one of the few shorebirds that is regularly hunted for sport. Learn more about the American Woodcock at Wild Facts.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2013\/american-woodcock\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/","name":"Animal Facts For Kids | Wild Facts","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5129f3f0129e9989a2b850bb2f3cc4","name":"Nathan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e126172d6ffd6e322bd2cea79f2ad95?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e126172d6ffd6e322bd2cea79f2ad95?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Nathan"},"description":"I am a digital nomad who enjoys travelling around the globe while inspiring others to leave their comfort zone and improve their life. I have a passion for self-development and of course everything related to our natural ecosystems.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com"],"url":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/author\/wildfac1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"American](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/American-Woodcock.jpg\")
<\/a>