Early in the day, last week, I found this bird on the side of the road as I pedaled to work on my bicycle. I needed help from my husband to identify it - he took ornithology seriously in college whereas I am an amateur birdwatcher.
I thought flicker at first, but was soon disabused of this notion -- totally wrong markings, though the size was right and the long bill threw me off.
Finally I rode back to the site of the bird's demise to snap a few quick shots with my phone. Upon viewing the husband immediately emailed me a link -- "It's a
woodcock" he proclaimed. As indeed it was. A night-migrating woodcock, met with an accident in the chilly darkness of the city.
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