Wilson’s Snipes Got The Twitchers Excited

I am not a bird expert so, while I can recognize a variety of different birds, there are plenty that I have absolutely no clue about.  However, Juanita Bay is a popular spot with the ornithologists and I can learn a bit from them.  A couple was chatting with me on one of the boardwalks about Wilson’s Snipes.  They thought they could see them on one of the shoreline areas but couldn’t be sure.  I bumped in to the same people on the other side of the shore and they confirmed that the snipes were there.

At first they were pointing out a couple of them.  As we spent a bit more time watching, it turned out that there were loads of them.  They weren’t easy to see given how well their camouflage worked but, once you had got the hang of it, finding the others got a lot easier.  I don’t think this is a rare bird so this wasn’t an amazing discovery that we were making but they were still pretty excited about it so I was too.

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