Cheryl,
Thank-you but it is the only time in the day I can be alone (with my coffee) outside
I think I know how you felt...a couple of years ago I picked up a little dead bird that had flown into one of our windows....I had never seen anything like it...turns out is was an ovenbird....if it hadn't flown into the window I'd never even known they were in this area but what a sacrifice....really rather not have known
I have encountered the woodcock a few more times....never really caught more than a flash as it flaps away...the last time I disturbed it, there was a melee of crows, hawks and ravens overhead... crows chasing ravens and hawks and ravens chasing hawks...gets really noisy around here sometimes....hope the woodcock was safe from the hawks and ravens!