[TN-Bird] Sad Find

I found a dead Wilson's Snipe today on the ground beside our garage.  I could 
see on the white painted wall where the bird hit about eight feet from the 
ground.  Even lifeless the beauty of this bird is astounding.  But we are 
puzzled that if this happened at night the bird was flying so low and if in 
daytime why it could not have avoided the wall.  
We returned from six weeks on Long Island with so much birding joy as we found 
three lifer sparrows - Seaside, Nelson's and Saltmarsh Sharp-tail's all in one 
spot and in multiple numbers - and now only lack the Black-chinned that keeps 
avoiding us in southeast Arizona.  But seeing this gorgeous Snipe dead has 
really made us sad.  I know it happens all the time but holding this one in my 
hands brought powerful emotions.  

Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County
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