woodcocks

Glade nets, which are nets stretched in narrow glades or ridings in woods from tree to tree, are used chiefly for taking night-flying birds, such as woodcocks, or wild ducks.

Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Montagu Browne

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“Seriously, Open Court, what is it with you and woodcocks?” 2009

Mr. Fausel explained that the market for dog paintings is particularly up for field sports and "gun dogs," i.e. animals that go after pheasants, ducks and woodcocks, but softer in the fox hunt, "because that is been banned in England."

Fine Art Auction House Goes to the Dogs Marshall Heyman 2012

“Seriously, Open Court, what is it with you and woodcocks?”

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

“Seriously, Open Court, what is it with you and woodcocks?”

“Seriously, Open Court, what is it with you and woodcocks?” 2009

Finally, I want to acknowledge three neighbors simply for making my life here in Hancock, New Hampshire, that much birdier: Don and Lillian Stokes, authors of the famous field guides, have graciously spent time with me and Howard, watching and narrating the adventures of loons and woodcocks and trying valiantly, unsuccessfully to educate us sufficiently about bluebird nest boxes to prevent our field from turning into a wren slum.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

Explore the wonders of woodcocks, the busy world of honey bees, or the dynamism of barrier beach ecology.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

Explore the wonders of woodcocks, the busy world of honey bees, or the dynamism of barrier beach ecology.

upcoming refuge activities 2009

The word seems to come from the old practice of trapping woodcocks by setting a net within a wood along “cockeroades.”

A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

BTW-Cockers got their name from the type of hunting for which they were bred; flushing woodcocks.

"'Stump the Dog.' Sounds like the easiest TV game show ever." Ann Althouse 2009