Chickadee Birders Club: the Sky Dance of the American Woodcock April 2, 2011

Join us for this evening hike to view a most unusual and interpreting courtship ritual. The male's display is a series of peents, twitters, and chirps as he first prances on the ground and then spirals rapidly upward, circles and drifts down. This spectacle takes place in fields and shrubby wetland at twilight, and Drumlin is a great place to view it. - - The chickadee Birding club at Drumlin Farm is for children ages 7-11 who have an interest in birds and want to learn more. Birding is a lifelong skill that can lead to a greater overall interest in the outdoors and the environment; it's never too early to get started learning the birding basics. Children are welcome to come to the club meetings alone or bring one adult with them. - - For more information about the Chickadee Birders Club please contact Becky Gilles at bgilles@massaudubon.org or 781-259-2223. Registration is required. Call 781-259-2200 for details. See http://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=1505-DFP11SP1 for more information.