Leader: Stephanie Mason
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In his Sand County Almanac, ecologist and conservationist Aldo Leopold described the mating display of the American Woodcock as a “sky dance.” Announcing his presence with insect-like nasal “peents”, the male woodcock ascends high into the sky as darkness begins to fall. He circles higher and higher and higher, then plummets back to the ground in a series of zigzag movements and singing a liquid-sounding warble. On this field program to a natural area in upper Montgomery County, we’ll hope to be lucky enough to catch a performance of this seasonal drama. REGISTER