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ranger1 | BS: Mudcat crash Birdwatching 2015 (76* d) | RE: BS: Mudcat crash Birdwatching 2015 | 07 Apr 15 |
In from watching the male woodcocks courting the females. It's pretty elaborate - he flies up in a wide spiral to 250 to 300 feet, wings making a fluttering noise, and then zigzags back to earth, wings making a slightly different fluttering noise, landing in the same spot he took off from. On the ground, he makes a nasally "peent! peent!" call until the next flight up. This ritual is known as "skydancing". Video here. |