Come join us for a Whiskey and Woodcock Walk

Interested participants will have an opportunity to witness the amazing courtship dance of the American Woodcock at the Audubon Center at the Bent of the River . Also known as “timberdoodle,” the male woodcock flies to his singing grounds at sunset and gives a short, high-pitched insect-like single note call, which he may repeat as many as 200 times in five minutes. Then he flies in a low circle about 200 feet in diameter, then climbs higher and higher, the diameter of the circle decreasing, until he is 200 to 300 feet in the air. His rapid wing beats create a musical sound as he climbs. At the apex of his flight he sings a variable series of liquid notes. We'll enjoy all this while sipping a little Whiskey.