woodcocks
Probing forest waders
Woodcocks are plump, ground-dwelling birds with long bills used for probing soil for earthworms.
They inhabit woodlands across Europe and North America, prized as game birds for their erratic, zigzagging flight that makes them challenging to shoot.
The American woodcock performs an elaborate spiral courtship display at dusk.
We flushed a woodcock from the underbrush.
Hidden-position shooting
- shorebirdCoastal bird species
- waderShallow-water walker
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
feathers · migratory · flight · nesting · breeding · foraging · ground-dwelling · earthworms
Fowl hunted for sport
- flushSame suit, five cards
- gundogTrained hunting retriever
- retrieverDog trained to fetch game
- shotgunLong gun firing shot
shooting · upland · wildfowl · beaters · gamekeeper · quarry · sportsman · season
Obscure in meaning
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- dappledMarked with spots
undergrowth · blend · disguise · adaptation · ground-nesting · thicket · brushwood · vegetation
snipe
Hidden-position shooting
beak · feathers · migratory · flight · nesting · breeding · foraging · ground-dwelling · earthworms · invertebrates
gamebird
Fowl hunted for sport
shotgun · shooting · upland · wildfowl · beaters · gamekeeper · quarry · sportsman · season · license
cryptic
Obscure in meaning
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
dappled · undergrowth · blend · disguise · adaptation · ground-nesting · thicket · brushwood · vegetation · survival
wetland
Waterlogged land ecosystem
thicket · undergrowth · deciduous · brushy · coverts · alder · birch · streamside · swampy · bottomland
- shorebirdssandpiper, sandpipers, plover, plovers, curlew