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 < [email protected] wrote: > 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? > We were across the river and I didn’t have my scope. We have pictures > on a camera that we need to download to a computer before I can share it. > I’ll send a location if anyone feels like this would be a Woodcock > instead of a snipe. > > Deb Carstensen Arapahoe county > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/F86D067D-B069-4761-8094-699246B9BBC6%40aol.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABW16Tm_S_fHXxZsOoxuPY0F6VfG301_zn6g9tn7%3DJ99DuoPdw%40mail.gmail.com.
