{"id":143682,"date":"2023-09-27T05:25:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=143682"},"modified":"2023-09-27T11:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:20:46","slug":"wilsons-snipes-at-bear-river-mbr-two-days-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/27\/wilsons-snipes-at-bear-river-mbr-two-days-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson’s Snipes At Bear River MBR Two Days Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days ago at Bear River MBR I drove slowly down a boat ramp in order to get a lower shooting angle on any birds I might find on the water. As I inched diagonally down the ramp, five Wilson’s Snipes that I hadn’t seen took off from out of the grass right in front of me and to my right. My disappointment was palpable because it had been something like four years since I’d managed to get any decent snipe photos.<\/p>\n

So I continued to inch forward to look for birds on the water and sure enough, I flushed a sixth snipe out of the grass where the others had been, By now I was pretty disgusted with myself, so I backed up and approached the area where the snipes had been from a different angle that wouldn’t put me so close to any more that might be there.<\/p>\n

I figured they were all gone but I sure didn’t want to scare off any more.<\/p>\n

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To my surprise there were four of them left, in the grass, close to the water and very difficult to see. These two were closest to the water and to each other. I didn’t have enough depth of field to get them both sharp and there was lots of grass in front of one of them so I concentrated on the other two.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I had pretty good looks at both of them. Neither one was doing much of anything but watching me but it sure was fun to get these strange little birds in my viewfinder again. Every time I see a snipe I think “Where’s your tail, little guy?”<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s the other one.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The only variation I saw in their behavior was when this one tucked ‘his’ long bill under his wing and tried to sleep. At one point I could hear chirping (for lack of a better word) coming from one of the four snipes and at first I couldn’t figure out which one it was. But then I could tell it was this bird that was chirping because I could see his feathers twitch every time he made the sound.<\/p>\n

I had the distinct impression he was telling me to go away so he could get some shuteye. So after a couple of minutes I did.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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It’s been something like four years since I’ve managed to get any decent snipe photos. (4 photos)<\/p>\n

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