The NYC woodcock keeps reminding me of when someone posted on our local sub reddit warning everybody that he nearly got mugged trying to see an American woodcock. He had heard we had one in a park, but he went at night and a guy was looking at him weirdly and possibly following him a bit, so he got out of there and wanted to make sure everybody knew to stay safe.
Unbeknownst to him the location he'd gone to is one of the city's most infamous cruising spots, so the comments were split between people gently breaking this to him, birders giving woodcock sighting tips, and people going YEAH THAT SURE IS THE BEST PLACE TO SEE AN AMERICAN WOOD COCK.


















