Snoopy wordlessly interacted with an unnamed bird, using only punctuation, as early as 1951. In the early 1960s, Snoopy began befriending birds … See more

Woodstock is a bird who is Snoopy's best friend. The only non-bird character who can understand Woodstock's speech is Snoopy. When depicted in the … See more

Schulz explained in a 1982 interview:
Woodstock was not yet even Woodstock. He was Snoopy's secretary, because by then I had also started to have Snoopy do a little bit of writing. I did a whole series on National Secretaries Week. Snoopy would dictate things to … See more

At one point Snoopy attempts to identify what type of bird Woodstock is with the aid of a field guide, asking Woodstock to attempt to imitate various birds: American bittern, Carolina wren, rufous-sided towhee, yellow-billed cuckoo, Canada goose, warbler, … See more

Schulz was a keen bridge player, and Peanuts occasionally included bridge references. In 1997 the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), awarded both Snoopy and Woodstock the honorary rank of Life Master, and Schulz was delighted. See more