WM81, thanks for the info on woodcock environments and their geographical spread. i’ve never seen one, or a ruffed grouse for that matter though I know the ruffies can be found in the rougher country in NE Iowa.
Believe it or not, I’ve seen one bobwhite quail in my life and it was in the edge of a grove — about the only cover, and brush in NW Iowa — in an area, NW Iowa, that one MN DNR official (a high school friend and originally from NW Iowa) has called a biological dessert. 😳 🙂
