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17-02-2009, 01:09 PM
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| | | Two Snipe on for ID
I presume the left bird is a standard snipe, but the bird on the right looks alot smaller and has slightly different feather detail is this a jack snipe?
The edge of a group of small ponds and mashland.
I can crop the image further if needed.
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17-02-2009, 01:29 PM
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| | | Re: Two Snipe on for ID
Interesting picture DH it looks like snipe (left) and jack snipe to me.
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17-02-2009, 02:13 PM
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| | | Re: Two Snipe on for ID
What a super shot DH and yes you have a Snipe (left) and a Jack Snipe (right)!
The whole look of a Jack Snipe is quite different to a Snipe......well spotted!!  |
17-02-2009, 02:27 PM
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| |  Re: Two Snipe on for ID
Well done Dogg, I caught my first Snipe last week, I am on the look out for the Jack Snipe now  |
17-02-2009, 02:42 PM
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| | | Re: Two Snipe on for ID
Ive seen alot of Snipe lately but never a jack snipe. So then comes the question is this normal behaviour for the two to be together. Three snipe flew in the third I lost amoungst the gulls, these two stayed together though. Thanks for th replies. |
17-02-2009, 03:47 PM
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| | | Re: Two Snipe on for ID
When disturbed, jack snipe do not tend to fly far and usually land within a short distance if there's cover e.g. rushes.
Snipe are away very quickly and can gain a lot of height before dissapearing out of sight. That's my experience of them when out on the marsh. |
17-02-2009, 05:05 PM
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| | | Re: Two Snipe on for ID
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Originally Posted by Dogghound  Ive seen alot of Snipe lately but never a jack snipe. So then comes the question is this normal behaviour for the two to be together. Three snipe flew in the third I lost amoungst the gulls, these two stayed together though. Thanks for th replies. | I've often seen them together.
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