Wildlife Species: American Woodcock
American Woodcock - conservation status, management strategies |
The American woodcock, sometimes called the "timberdoodle," is a game species in New Hampshire. Woodcock are also a species of conservation concern due to recent population declines. Habitat loss is the major culprit, as these birds require open grassy singing grounds and early-successional (young forest) growth, habitats that have decreased in our state over the past 100 years. Biologists, landowners, and bird hunters are working together to promote habitat management projects in New Hampshire that will benefit woodcock and other species that depend on early-successional habitats. Learn more about the Northern Forest Woodcock Initiative here.
| American Woodcock - Resources |
- NH Wildlife Action Plan profile of American Woodcock (PDF) detailing the current status, threats to the species, research needs, and recommended conservation actions to help American woodcock in New Hampshire.
- A Landowner's Guide to Woodcock Management in the Northeast, published by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
- Shrubland Habitats - American woodcock depend on early-successional or shrubland habitats, stewardship guidance available, also contained in the brochure [at right]
View Cooperative Extension videos (YouTube) of habitat management work done by the University of New Hampshire Office of Woodlands on UNH Property in 2008:
- UNH Woodcock Project - Starting to clear the opening
- Brush Saw in Action
- Interview of Steve Eisenhaure, UNH Woodlands Office Forester
| UNH Woodlands Habitat Management | Brush Saw in Action | Interview of Steve Eisenhaure | ||
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