| Window | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Window 1 | 23 NOV – 06 DEC 2026 | 14d |
| Window 2 | 25 DEC 2026 – 24 JAN 2027 | 31d |
As publishedNov 23 - Dec 6, 2026; Dec 25, 2026 - Jan 24, 2027
Final dates fall closest to (but are not an exact match for) 'Option 2' from DNREC's spring 2026 proposal document (first segment starts Nov 23 in the final guide vs Nov 25 in the proposal draft) - normal proposal-to-final refinement. Same standard federal-approval disclaimer as dove applies.
DNREC publishes no sub-state regional breakdown for woodcock. DNREC's own State Wildlife Action Plan landbirds page classifies American woodcock as having a shrinking distribution in Delaware (Tier 2 conservation priority, driven by invasive-plant spread degrading nesting cover) but names no specific region. Weather-surveillance-radar stopover research cited in Delaware's Wildlife Action Plan found consistently high migrant-bird density using significant portions of all three Delaware counties (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex) for stopover, not a concentration in any one of them, and Delaware's own singing-ground survey/breeding-bird-atlas materials name no county-level breakdown. One narrow habitat-type note exists. Woodcock is listed among species using Delaware's maritime forest habitat type, a small (about 1,716 acre) coastal habitat class concentrated near Cape Henlopen in Sussex County, but this is a minor habitat-type mention among many species, not a claim that maritime forest is where Delaware's woodcock concentrate. Every source frames the distribution as statewide or all-three-county, so it is genuinely uniform rather than merely undocumented.
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