American Woodcock Portrait

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Uploaded by on Aug 16, 2011

An American Woodcock giving it's nasal "peent" calls at dusk. Notice the subtle throat sound that immediately precedes each peent. At the end, he takes flight and you can hear the high-pitched twittering of his wings, a sound made by modified wing feathers.

© 2009 Lang Elliott, musicofnature.org
Videotaped by Lang Elliott in April 2009, near Ithaca, New York
Many thanks to all those who helped: Bob McGuire, Beth Bannister, Becca Harber, David Werier, and Sarah Brown.

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  • it's just so cute <3

  • No one dislike this video. Because saw this type of videos is the nature of Noble People!

  • The twittering of its wings at the end is amazing!

  • If that were a Pokemon, it would be called a zeep.

  • Awesome record! Subscribed ;-)

  • I believe I was a bird in another life, I'm a pretty good little seed spreader.

    I Love all of your videos they are absolutely fantastic !!

  • So beautiful.. I love Birds , I love Nature.. thanks for sharing this beautiful video..

  • This bird is really funny.

  • Interesting, I wonder if a mourning dove's feathers are similarly structured--they make a less crisp fluttering sound as they take off. Fantastic footage! I've only seen American Woodcocks flying overhead once before in the Michigan LeFurge woods preserve early one morning.

  • that was great, i had to watch it over and over!

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