This beautiful shorebird is characterized
by bold stripes on the face, long, straight bill,
and a stocky body.
I have many pictures of snipe but mostly from a
distance as they are fairly shy and quite
alert.
Snipe males make an interesting hooting noise with
their feathers as they fly in swooping display
flights over the nesting area.
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This snipe was captured, banded, weighed, measured
and released by staff of Alaska Birds Observatory
at Creamer's Field in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Birds
of Interior Alaska | Mr.
G's classroom
J.Gilbert, August 2, 2002
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