>From Dana Campbell: 3/31 - Glastonbury - AMERICAN WOODCOCK peenting and flying around the marsh next to the Oak Street Stop and Shop at 10:00 p.m. Hope he doesn't tire himself out in the eternal twilight of the parking lot lighting! Dana Campbell, Missioner, mother-dana@juno.com The Greater Hartford Regional Ministry "All things are inventions of holiness. Some more rascally than others." From The Wren from Carolina by Mary Oliver _____________________________________________________________ Take a perfect family vacation to Orlando. Click Here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3nK7una6dJpLqhmVKnq9SWmJjkukLfHti2R3HEmPYvTuF5Px/

Dana, You bring up a great point about light pollution, and its effects on birds. While the street lights may lengthen the displays, I don't know if anyone has researched if it affects their overall health. Male woodcocks have a specific light intensity that they prefer for their displays, and they will display throughout the night, especially during a full moon. There are quite a few woodcock who survive, and breed successfully in urban areas- the Hackensack meadows in NJ has quite a few displaying males every May, in the wee hours of the morning when we've been there during the World Series of Birding. Good birding, Ken Elkins Director of Education Connecticut Audubon Society 1 Milford Point Road Milford, CT 06460 203-878-7440 x503 (office) 860-559-0244 (cell) kelkins@ctaudubon.org -----Original Message----- From: ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of Dana Campbell Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:09 AM To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Subject: [CT Birds] American Woodcock Shopping Late >From Dana Campbell: 3/31 - Glastonbury - AMERICAN WOODCOCK peenting and flying around the marsh next to the Oak Street Stop and Shop at 10:00 p.m. Hope he doesn't tire himself out in the eternal twilight of the parking lot lighting! Dana Campbell, Missioner, mother-dana@juno.com The Greater Hartford Regional Ministry "All things are inventions of holiness. Some more rascally than others." From The Wren from Carolina by Mary Oliver _____________________________________________________________ Take a perfect family vacation to Orlando. Click Here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3nK7una6dJpLqhmVKnq9SWmJjkukLfHti2R3HEmPYvTuF5Px/ _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org