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Fri, Mar 10

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Opalanie Park

Woodcock (Timberdoodle) Evening Walk!

The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), a/k/a, timberdoodle, is a ground-dwelling bird that lives in young forest and shrublands. Woodcock breed across eastern North America. These ground-dwelling birds are here for a short time in Opalanie to do their mating dance!

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Woodcock (Timberdoodle) Evening Walk!
Woodcock (Timberdoodle) Evening Walk!

Time & Location

Mar 10, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Opalanie Park, 1422 St Matthews Rd, Chester Springs, PA 19425, USA

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About the Event

These ground-dwelling birds are here for a short time in Opalanie to do their mating dance!  

The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), also known as the timberdoodle, is a ground-dwelling bird that lives in young forest and shrublands. Woodcock breed across eastern North America and spend the winter in lowlands from the Mid-Atlantic south to the Gulf Coast states.

Please join our EAC this Friday, March 10, 2023 at 5:00 pm at Opalanie Park. 

We will leave the parking lot at 5:15 p.m.  We will walk down to near dump area and hope to spy the American Woodcock doing their dusk mating ritual!  

Register here. We are asking all participants to check in and out at the parking lot with EAC volunteer, Rachel McKay on date of event!  

Rain date and second walk will be Friday March 17, 2023, same time, same place.  Please dress appropriately and bring flashlights.  Although the walk may not extend further than 7:00 p.m., all guests would need to exit the park no later than 8:00 p.m.

Rain will cancel the walk. You will be notified via email from R. McKay and a notice will be placed on the WVT website and Facebook page in the event of cancellation.

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