Run over by a slug.

[rmb...@istar.ca]

I downloaded some photos that I had taken of the woodcock on its nest,
and literally burst out laughing when I viewed them close up. This
woodcock is so tenaciously sitting still that a slug is crawling up
her beak. I'm attaching a pic with a closeup in case Fred is
interested in the slug. I'll have to take a walk up the hill later to
see if she's still there, most likely hatched out her chicks by now.
I got the pics and skedaddled and then stayed away so as not to disturb.

Rose-Marie

[I Macaulay]

Was it skip the dishes?   I have never been able to get close enough to the bird to even see it let alone get a photo.

We had a Snipe family here a while back and if I was patient enough I could watch them running along an old beaver trail, but never found the nest site.  Have not heard that winnowing for a few years now, but as a compensation we do get Whippoorwills, a recent addition to our woods.

Ian

Senility has been a smooth transition for me.

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[Stewart Hamill]

Thanks, Rose-Marie. I was wondering about progress of this nest and was
going to ask you.

Stew

[rmb...@istar.ca]

I think I had posted my finding of the nest, it was when I was dumping
branches onto a pile and a bird flew out. Later in the day I checked
and she was on the nest. These photos are taken with a 300 mm lens
zoomed in, so I was not close enough to see the slug with my eyes, I
just clicked a bunch of photos and got out of there.

Rose-Marie

Quoting 'I Macaulay' via NatureList <natur...@googlegroups.com>:

> Was it skip the dishes?   I have never been able to get close enough
> to the bird to even see it let alone get a photo.
> We had a Snipe family here a while back and if I was patient enough
> I could watch them running along an old beaver trail, but never
> found the nest site.  Have not heard that winnowing for a few years
> now, but as a compensation we do get Whippoorwills, a recent
> addition to our woods.
>
> Ian
>
> Senility has been a smooth transition for me.
> Note New Hours
>
> Ian Macaulay   Carp, Ontario

> Open at 11:AM   Close at 5:00 PM45.2397 N long: 76.0991 W Elv 137 M UTM

>     Don't Forget to Save the Stamps
>
> On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:19:02 PM EDT, rmb...@istar.ca
> <rmb...@istar.ca> wrote:
>
> I downloaded some photos that I had taken of the woodcock on its nest, 
> and literally burst out laughing when I viewed them close up.  This 
> woodcock is so tenaciously sitting still that a slug is crawling up 
> her beak.  I'm attaching a pic with a closeup in case Fred is 
> interested in the slug.  I'll have to take a walk up the hill later to 
> see if she's still there, most likely hatched out her chicks by now. 
> I got the pics and skedaddled and then stayed away so as not to disturb.
>
> Rose-Marie
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[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 05-May-23 12:18 p.m., rmb...@istar.ca wrote:
> I downloaded some photos that I had taken of the woodcock on its nest,
> and literally burst out laughing when I viewed them close up.  This
> woodcock is so tenaciously sitting still that a slug is crawling up her
> beak.  I'm attaching a pic with a closeup in case Fred is interested in
> the slug.

* Aleta confirms that the slug is Arion subfuscus. It would be a
Darwinian sort of dispersal if the Woodcock flew away with the slug
still on her bill.

fred.
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