Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BRISTOL — “Fiddlesqueak,” “bogsucker,” “mudbat” and “timberdoodle” are just a few of the colorful nicknames for the American ...

The Village Voice recommends visiting midtown's Bryant Park to check out the migratory American Woodcocks while they are still here.

ARKANSAS — “Why is it you like hunting timberdoodles?” a friend asked me. “You wear yourself out wading through mud and vines, hoping to find some little brown birds that may be there and may not. And ...

ST. CHARLES — Two-year-old Nathan Jones laughed as he fed straw to a cow today at the annual Timberdoodle Festival. Jones, the son of Tracy Jones of Hemlock, was one of many children and adults who ...

You know Spring is around the corner when the days get longer and the temperatures rise. While the weather has pleasantly been warm this year so far, perhaps my favorite harbinger of Spring is the ...

I remember being nervous in high school as I waited to be asked to the Valentine’s day “sweetheart” dance. Not being asked was my girlfriends subtle way of setting me free. I spent the evening with a ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge dismissed a demand by the American Anti-Vivisection Society that the U.S. Department of Agriculture protect the timberdoodle, a woodcock that is “the world’s slowest ...

Bystanders enjoying a park in Manhattan had a blast watching a bird-an American woodcock (also called a "timberdoodle")-do a ...