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Wilson's snipe

Gallinago delicata

Photo by Desmond.E.S.O
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown shore bird, with brown and pale white crown and eye stripe.

Habitat:

Marsh/wetlands.

Notes:

Lifer! This Snipe was hiding in a big group of Godwits, very hard to spot! It had more facial and body markings, than that of a Gotwit.

Reference Links:

Wilson's Snipe, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedOctober 10, 2015

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