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Take advantage
of spring weather
BY RON REID
Take advantage of one
of these fine spring
evenings to walk along a
quiet country roadside,
just at dusk. If you pass
close to a lightly wooded
wet pasture, and if you
are lucky, you may be
treated to the dance of the
timberdoodle - an un-
paralleled show of sound
and motion.
The timberdoodle is
really the American
Woodcock, a common
shorebird that has
adapted to nesting
amongst the trees. Its
appearance, and its
habits, can only be ter-
med eccentric. Squat and
rotund, this pigeon -sized
bird - is ideally
camouflaged in
herringbone brown. But
its short legs, combined
with a slender three-inch
bill and large bulging
eyes set almost on top of
the head, makes
everything look out of
proportion.
This top-heavy look has
its purpose. Woodcock
feed almost exclusively
on earthworms, and
while its long bill probes
the soil, these curious
eyes can scan the evening
sky for any , sign of
danger. To find wood-
cock, look where worms
are easy • to find - moist,
sandy soil, preferably
with a scattering of
bushes or aspen trees.
Old wet pastures are
• especially good.
On a warm spring
evening, a woodcock's
main concern is
proclaiming his territory
and wooinghis mate The
most audible evidence of
this is a loud nasal -
sounding "peent",
repeated regularly every
10 to 20 seconds. In a few
moments, the woodcock
will jump into the air,
spiralling upward with a
low twittering song.
If you look skyward,
you can often see this
strange songster
silhouetted in the fading
light. His careening
course zigzags across
the sky,, often hundreds of
feet tip. Soddenly-the-
dance
he-"dance stops, and the
timberdoodle plummets
to the ground again,
usually to within a few
feet of the same spot.
Armed . with a
flashlight, you can use
this homing tendency to
claim a front row seat for
the, woodcock's . dance.
Each time the bird
spirals skyward, quietly
move in the darkness a •
few feet closer to his
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peenting ground. When
he returns, freeze.
Eventually, a careful
observer can move
within ten feet. At this
stage, a flashlight beam
focussed on the peenting
bird seems to have little
effect on its behaviour,
and you can watch its
strutting and calling at
leisure.
Hunters claim that the
challenge of bagging a
woodcock twisting
through the trees is un-
surpassed.
The Clinton Mustangs are especially proud of Tim McLean of Goderich, who
not only received the club's leading scorer award from Doug Farquhar, but
was also honored recently in Kincardine when he was voted the Central Junior
C league's most valuable player.(News-Record photo)
The Women's Monday night bowling league
honored team champions and individual winners at
their annual banquet last week. Seated are Bonnie
Schneider, high single; ^ Barb ..O'Brien, Verna
Jackson and Audrey Brindley, members of the
winning team, Trouble. Standing are Donna
Duncan, high triple; Dianne Leddy, Mary Helen
Blue and Elizabeth Kruspe of Tro ,:�le; Shirley
-Kennedy, high. average and Kare i "•Walker of
Trouble. (photo by Dave Sykes)
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Mary Donnelly and
Eleanor Erskine com-
bined for a point total off
67% to top six tables in
play in a Howell game at
the May 8 meeting of the
Goderich Bridge Club.
There were six tables in
play.
Joanne Duckworth and
A. Weerasooriya were
second with 60- points
while John Donatis. and
John Wood took third
with a point total of 59.
Jean Cook and Verna
Worthy were fourth with
57 points and Marg and
Angus Macfie settled for
fifth place with 56 points.
Next week, Tuesday,
May 15, the Goderich
Bridge Club will par-
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