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American Woodcock One-day Carving Class: second session

Roosting Woodcock (Scolopax minor) carved of wood and painted to suggest live birds' plumage. This carving appears to be roosting (sitting on the ground). It has a long beak, a pale brown head with a darker brown eye-line and chin line and dark patches across its crown. It has darker brown wings with patchy white wing bars and even darker brown flecks. Its breast and belly are a medium brown with slightly yellow patches.

Carve and paint an American Woodcock with Dave Tuttle during this one-day carving class. Wood blank and paint provided.

All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.

Bring tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves.)

Must register and pay in advance: $40 for Museum and GMWC  members • $50 for everyone else. Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door or use the code sent to their email.

Class size limited to 10. (Minimum 5 students needed to hold a session.)

If class fills, we will have a waiting list.

Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.

American Woodcock One-day Carving Class

Roosting Woodcock (Scolopax minor) carved of wood and painted to suggest live birds' plumage. This carving appears to be roosting (sitting on the ground). It has a long beak, a pale brown head with a darker brown eye-line and chin line and dark patches across its crown. It has darker brown wings with patchy white wing bars and even darker brown flecks. Its breast and belly are a medium brown with slightly yellow patches.

Carve and paint an American Woodcock with Dave Tuttle during this one-day carving class. Wood blank and paint provided.

All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.

Bring tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves.)

Must register and pay in advance: $40 for Museum and GMWC  members • $50 for everyone else. Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door or use the code sent to their email.

Class size limited to 10. (Minimum 5 students needed to hold a session.)

If class fills, we will have a waiting list.
UPDATE: Class is FULL. Please consider attending the additional session on August 1!

Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.

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Woodcocks and Owls

Guest post by our friend and expert birder, AW.

Sunday evening, following a spring time ritual, I walked from Moody Road to Maple Drive at dusk in hopes of hearing American Woodcocks and seeing their flight display. Mid-March is when they start to come back to their breeding territories. I did not find any evidence of them this time, but I was surprised to hear another bird calling from the woods west of the Huntington River and the Camel’s Hump Alpaca farm fields. In the 10+ years I’ve been walking this route, it was only the second time I’ve heard a Northern Saw Whet tooting persistently from the woods. February 14, 2012 was the other time I heard one in nearly the same place, leaving me to wonder if it is a resident bird! Nice!

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