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As the sun sets on a northern Midwest forest, we hear a most peculiar sound.

It's an American woodcock aloft on a courtship flight.

At sunset, the male woodcock walks slowly on short legs from the cover of the forest

to a nearby clearing.

After a few sharp calls, the woodcock takes flight.

As its spirals upward, slim stiff feathers at its wingtips create a curious twittering.

At the apex of its flight, the woodcock circles then descends in a slow spiral, putting

like a tiny car about to run out of gas.

As it lands, we can see in the last light its beautifully patterned grey back and orange

belly.

The male will display it dawn and dusk for more than two months each spring.

The woodcock's odd look and sounds have earned it many colorful nicknames.

The most memorable?

Timberdoodle.

Let's listen to the Timberdoodle one more time.

For Bergnot, I'm Mary McCann.

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