Flight of the Woodcock

Soars, musical twitter, dives

Female impressed, coos.

Art Prescription:  Spring…mating season. The male American Woodcock has one of the most musical aeronautical displays. They begin their dance at dusk which makes them hard to see, but if you stand still and listen you will hear the male as he soars upward in a wide spiral. As he descends his wings start to twitter, and he comes down in a zig-zag pattern, chirping as he dips. He lands near a female and starts the whole dance again…wow persistence!