Summary
The American woodcock is a migratory shorebird from eastern and central North America. The study is the first to show direct evidence of the rare strategy. In the U.S. and Canada, more than 1,000 birds have been found nesting in the wild. In the U.,S. there have been more than 2,000. Migration and reproduction take a lot of energy, but American woodcock reduce the cost in other ways. They have shorter migration distances than other species and have the flexibility of using various young-forest habitats. Females are larger than males and their eggs are small relative to the size of the females.
