Deb, Linda, Dave,
I had a very odd snipe experience in Oct, 1998. I noticed a "Common Snipe"
(before Wilson's designation) in my suburban Tacoma, WA backyard. It
caught my eye because of the strange and very prominent bobbing up and down
behavior as it probed and walked around in my vegetable
Interestingly, 7 Wilson's Snipes exhibited the rear-bobbing behavior at
Clear Spring Ranch (El Paso Cty) a few weeks ago. I hadn't seen that
before. And yes, they probe while bobbing.
Linda Hodges
Colorado Springs
On Sat, Nov 2, 2019, 12:58 PM 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds <
While birding at South platte park, a bird that had been identified as a snipe
by another Birder was watched. He had the exact gate of the Woodcock with His
rump obbing up-and-down continuously. He was going using his beak probe the
soil. Do snipes also have this type of walking behavior?
