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Come witness the dazzling display of the American woodcock mating dance April 23 near Gladwin in mid-Michigan.
Join the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Ruffed Grouse Society for this free woodcock walk at the Lame Duck Foot Access Area, a DNR-managed Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEMS).
Participants will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, at the corner of Bowmanville Road and Lame Duck Truck Trail, 15 miles northeast of Gladwin. All ages are welcome. Bring binoculars and a headlamp or flashlight.
The American woodcock is a plump little shorebird with a long bill for probing earthworms in the forests and fields of eastern North America, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
“The male woodcock’s evening display flights are one of the magical natural sights of springtime,” the Cornell Lab notes. “He gives buzzy peent calls from a display area on the ground, then flies upward in a wide spiral. As he gets higher, his wings start to twitter. At a height of 200–350 feet the twittering becomes intermittent, and the bird starts to descend. He zigzags down, chirping as he goes, then lands silently (near a female, if she is present). Once on the ground, he resumes peenting and the display starts over again.”
The makeup date in case of rain for the Gladwin woodcock walk is Thursday, April 30.
The woodcock walk will take place at the Lame Duck Foot Access Area, a DNR-managed Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEMS). Participants will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, at the corner of Bowmanville Road and Lame Duck Truck Trail, 15 miles northeast of Gladwin.The woodcock walk will take place at the Lame Duck Foot Access Area, a DNR-managed Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEMS).
Participants will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, at the corner of Bowmanville Road and Lame Duck Truck Trail, 15 miles northeast of Gladwin.
Start: April 23, 2026 7:30 PM
End: April 23, 2026 9:30 PM
For more information and to RSVP, call 989-426-9205, Ext. 2267630. Leave a message
with your name, contact number and number of participants.
Come witness the dazzling display of the American woodcock mating dance April 23 near Gladwin in mid-Michigan.
Join the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Ruffed Grouse Society for this free woodcock walk at the Lame Duck Foot Access Area, a DNR-managed Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEMS).
Participants will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, at the corner of Bowmanville Road and Lame Duck Truck Trail, 15 miles northeast of Gladwin. All ages are welcome. Bring binoculars and a headlamp or flashlight.
The American woodcock is a plump little shorebird with a long bill for probing earthworms in the forests and fields of eastern North America, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
“The male woodcock’s evening display flights are one of the magical natural sights of springtime,” the Cornell Lab notes. “He gives buzzy peent calls from a display area on the ground, then flies upward in a wide spiral. As he gets higher, his wings start to twitter. At a height of 200–350 feet the twittering becomes intermittent, and the bird starts to descend. He zigzags down, chirping as he goes, then lands silently (near a female, if she is present). Once on the ground, he resumes peenting and the display starts over again.”
The makeup date in case of rain for the Gladwin woodcock walk is Thursday, April 30.
