{"id":31214,"date":"2013-01-17T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnandrewwright.com\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:37:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:37:12","slug":"eurasian-woodcock-scolopax-rusticola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/eurasian-woodcock-scolopax-rusticola\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eurasian Woodcock is a resident breeder in northern Japan, but migrates south in winter to my region.<\/p>\n<p>Usually only observed during the night, I spotted this pair on Mount Unzen just after sunset feeding on worms and grubs.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily I had the 1D X, as I doubt if any other Canon camera could have got acceptable images under such challenging conditions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 590px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eurasian-woodcock-pair-7779.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"580\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Eurasian Woodcock (pair)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eurasian Woodcock is a resident breeder in northern Japan, but migrates south in winter to my region. Usually only observed during the night, I spotted this pair on Mount Unzen just after sunset feeding on worms and grubs. 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