Now is a good time to start looking and listening for displaying American Woodcocks.  These strange long-billed, short-legged shorebirds can be found in areas of young trees bordering openings.  The males fly from the ground to perform an aerial display beginning just after dark.  During the display their wing feathers make a twittering sound and the birds make vocal chirps.  They then land on the ground where a female may be waiting to mate.  During the day, woodcocks are camouflaged among leaf litter on the ground and rarely seen unless they are accidentally flushed.  A good place to observe these birds displaying is at Terra Park in Johnston.