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woodcock
Any of five species (family Scolopacidae) of plump, sharp-billed migratory birds of damp, dense woodlands in N. America, Europe, and Asia. With eyes set far back on the head, a woodcock has a 360° field of vision. The buffy-brown, mottled plumage provides camouflage. A solitary bird, most active at dusk, it drums its feet to coax earthworms to the surface and then extracts them with its long, forceps-like bil1; it may eat twice its weight in worms each day. The female Amer. woodcock (Scolopax, or Philohela, minor) is about 11 in. (28 cm) long; the male is slightly smaller. The male's striking courtship display includes a long, repeated spiraling and dropping sequence. Woodcocks have been popular game birds.
woodpecker
Any of about 180 species (family Picidae) of mostly nonmigratory, solitary birds found nearly worldwide. Woodpeckers spiral up tree trunks, probing for insects, and chisel nest holes in dead wood by means of rapidly repeating blows of the beak. Though they spend their entire life in trees, only the few ground-feeding species can perch. Some species eat fruits and berries or tree sap. Woodpeckers are usually silent, except in spring, when males call loudly and drum on hollow wood. Species range from 6 to 18 in. (15-47 cm) long. All have a straight chisel-like bill, and most are patterned in black, white, or yellow and bright colors. See also flicker, ivory-billed woodpecker, sapsucker.
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