I finally saw a Woodcock on our property this spring!  It flew past me at
6:55am as I was leaving the barn and walking  toward the house.  My wife
asked how I knew it was a woodcock in the poor light.  I said "it looks like
a baseball with wings moving as fast as a bat!".  This is the third year in
a row that I have either seen them or heard their courtship activity in
March.  All times it lasted just a couple days.



I will add this sighting to the OBBA records later this week.



Also, my first Golden-crowned Kinglets (male and female) at The West Woods.
They were in the shrubby trees along the gas line in the west end of the
park.



Regards,



Matt Valencic

Fox Meadow Farm

Chagrin Falls, OH


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