Timberdoodlemania: I went looking for the internet's current favorite bird

Why are people obsessed with the American woodcock right now?

We squished our way through the rain-sodden fields at Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden; about ten of us, trying to be somewhat quiet so as not to disturb the flora and fauna. The sun was setting on an overcast day, and the air was thick with both April mist and the sound of thousands of tiny frogs, desperately trying to out-peep each other for the p…