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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Whittam on June 05, 2011, 05:59:44 PM

Title: Snipe
Post by: Whittam on June 05, 2011, 05:59:44 PM

Spotted a Snipe today making an awful racket calling repeatedly.  Seemed like strange behavior!  But he did stay very still while I took some shots!  Cheers Terry
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/whittam/DSC_0127.jpg)

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Post by: denis on June 05, 2011, 07:26:24 PM

nice catch

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Post by: Whittam on June 13, 2011, 08:45:45 PM

Thanks Denis.....  he was back this past weekend on the same post!! Cheers Terry

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Post by: Reuven_M on June 13, 2011, 09:11:30 PM

Not sure why nobody's commented on this, its a great shot!

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Post by: Reg on June 13, 2011, 09:15:41 PM

Very nice bird, i'm still looking for this one

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Post by: MEGHAN on June 14, 2011, 08:13:39 AM

Terry,

This is just fantastic!!
Meghan

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Post by: Moira on June 14, 2011, 10:22:43 PM

Nice shot Terry - love seeing these guys and especially watching them fly.

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Post by: farmer on June 15, 2011, 06:33:48 AM

Nice shot!
Question, what is the difference between a snipe and a woodcock?
I would have thought this was a photo of a woodcock.

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Post by: thouc on June 15, 2011, 10:11:13 AM

A Woodcock is chunkier and browner overall, with reddish brown belly. Their habitats are also completely different, you wouldn't see a Woodcock on a post like that. Woodcocks are secretive forest birds, keeping to the ground, while Snipes are found in open areas.

/Thomas

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Post by: farmer on June 15, 2011, 10:13:57 PM

Thanks Thomas for the info. I've seen woodcocks on the farm before, but have never photographed one. Usually they are very well camofluaged and you don't see them till they literally "explode" off the ground and scare the witts out of you!

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Post by: steve rossi on June 21, 2011, 10:09:46 PM

Nice shot Terry.