good work Chessie, I' m glad to see that some birds are arriving. It' s also good to know that there are others out there that actually hunt woodcock on purpose.

In Owen C. I have been hunting public land and although there is not a river, there are several creek bottoms with decent cover. Here in Shelby C. I find birds in creek bottoms as well but I see them in thick upland cover as well, including some strange places - corn fields, small patches of immature woods, etc... We are 80 % cropland here, so not much " classic" cover.

Have you found a reliable website or other way to track migrations? I wonder of the birds here are mostly natives.