[BRAC] Re: Pre-snow Birding with Blue Ridge

From: Simon Thompson <simonrbt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Lisa Francis <silvercat8457@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 20:09:40 -0500

Hi Lisa
We get Snipe in the area during migration and winter, but they are not
common. We usually see them in wet meadows and muddy fields- the snow must
have pushed into the parking lot.
Very uncommon sight and I hope it was OK
Simon

Simon RB Thompson
Asheville, NC

Ventures Birding Tours
www.birdventures.com <http://www.birdventures.com>

Please use the Ventures e-Mail (Venturesbirding@xxxxxxxxx) to contact the
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On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 6:40 PM Lisa Francis <silvercat8457@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thanks for the correct ID.  My daughter just saw it sitting in the parking
lot. Hope it is safe in all of this snow.
Unusual?

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On Jan 16, 2022, at 5:04 PM, nancy iha <iha.nancy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

SNIPE! What a nice find!!

I was expecting more birds at my feeders because of the snow, but a
Mocker has decided he owns the suet, mixed seed and mealworms.  Not even a
woodpecker was allowed to feed.  Tomorrow there will be a new arrangement
of the feeders!

Stay warm and keep your power!

Nancy
Givens Estates, So Asheville

On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 11:29 AM Doug Norton <dougnorton99@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I agree on Snipe, and it is a great bird to see in winter. Hope he comes
a couple miles farther east along Cane Creek so we can add him to the NC
Bird Atlas priority block that is centered on Fairview (Oteen SE). Somebody
tell him my yard has muddy pond edges and wet woods.

On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 11:03 AM Simon Thompson <simonrbt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi guys- great photo but it looks more like a Wilson's Snipe. Still a
great sighting
Simon

Simon RB Thompson
Asheville, NC

Ventures Birding Tours
www.birdventures.com  <http://www.birdventures.com>

Please use the Ventures e-Mail (Venturesbirding@xxxxxxxxx) to contact
the Ventures office - thanks!

On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 9:07 AM Lisa Francis <silvercat8457@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Woodcock at the gas station on Cane Creek Rd Fairview/Fletcher this
morning (1/16/22).

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On Jan 13, 2022, at 10:44 AM, Marianne Mooney <
mooney.marianne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Get out before the snow and go birding! Our next Blue Ridge Audubon
<https://www.blueridgeaudubon.org/> birding outing is *9 a.m.
Saturday, January 15* at *Owen Park*
<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Charles+D+Owen+Park/@35.6102587,-82.4303545,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8859f72025e024e3:0x2a33cefdab8cd4da!8m2!3d35.6102587!4d-82.4281658>
.

Alway free and open to the public. No reservations needed, just come on
out.

Many thanks to the expert guides at Ventures Birding
<https://www.birdventures.com/> for leading our outings.

Best,
Marianne Mooney
Blue Ridge Audubon

References:
- [BRAC] Re: Pre-snow Birding with Blue Ridge
  - From: nancy iha
- [BRAC] Re: Pre-snow Birding with Blue Ridge
  - From: Lisa Francis

[BRAC] Re: Pre-snow Birding with Blue Ridge

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