{"id":20564,"date":"2013-12-10T04:15:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T11:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=20564"},"modified":"2013-12-10T04:15:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T11:15:53","slug":"a-fool-hardy-wilsons-snipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/10\/a-fool-hardy-wilsons-snipe\/","title":{"rendered":"A (Fool) Hardy Wilson’s Snipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

I suspect that most folks aren’t accustomed to seeing a Wilson’s Snipe in a setting like this.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For the past several weeks there’s been a small flock of snipe hanging around a pond at Farmington Bay but as the temperatures dropped and winter began to set in their numbers\u00a0dwindled.\u00a0 I believe this may be the last bird left.\u00a0 Snipes require unfrozen mud in order to probe for food and there’s precious little of that left around here – when this shot was taken yesterday morning it was 12 degrees below zero F and it warmed up very little during the day.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This image gives you a little different perspective on the setting.\u00a0 The edge of the pond (thus the available mud at the shore) is frozen solid, the snow is thick\u00a0and frost flowers are growing on the ice of the pond.\u00a0 These birds typically migrate south following the passage of a cold front so I suspect this\u00a0snipe may be\u00a0gone\u00a0when I arrive at the pond later this morning.<\/p>\n

I wish the bird well on its journey.<\/p>\n

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

I suspect that most folks aren’t accustomed to seeing a Wilson’s Snipe in a setting like this.<\/p>\n

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