A loud "*PEENT!"* caught me by surprise at Veto Lake Wildlife Area this
evening.  I wound up getting a front row seat of an American Woodcock
calling and displaying.  I suppose this testifies to the unusually mild
winter we're having here in southern Ohio.

I'd be curious to hear of any other early woodcock sightings this year.  I
did a little checking around and it seems that we had a few reports back in
January 2007.

This is birding—expecting the unexpected.

Kyle Carlsen
Washington County

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