{"id":19846,"date":"2013-11-08T05:28:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=19846"},"modified":"2013-11-08T05:28:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T12:28:30","slug":"wilsons-snipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/08\/wilsons-snipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson’s Snipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wilson’s Snipe is an odd little shorebird, both in appearance and in some of its behaviors.\u00a0 Though common, they’re also elusive and shy so over the years\u00a0I’ve been able to get very few quality images of them.\u00a0\u00a0But my luck with the species changed for the better three days ago.<\/p>\n

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We found a small flock of snipes feeding in the mud and eventually several of them apparently realized that my pickup was no threat and moved in quite close.<\/p>\n

When snipes are feeding they often plunge their long bill so deeply into the mud (and keep it there for some time as they probe)\u00a0that only the back part of their heads are visible, which explains the unusual placement of\u00a0their eyes.\u00a0 Their eyes are set so far back on their head that they not only have full vision on both sides but they have a binocular overlap to the rear.\u00a0 This allows them to see any approaching predator from behind and above\u00a0while their bill is buried in the mud.<\/p>\n

I’m short on time this morning so this will be a single image post but sometime soon I plan on\u00a0providing a\u00a0more extensive and detailed look at this quirky species and some of its behaviors.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wilson’s Snipe is an odd little shorebird, both in appearance and in some of its behaviors. Though common, they’re also elusive and shy so over the years I’ve been able to get very few quality images of them. But my luck with the species changed for the better three days ago.<\/p>\n

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