Hi,
This afternoon I had a hankering to see some Snipe, so I went to the spot that
Sheri mentioned in her earlier email. I parked and right in front of me was a
Wilson's snipe feeding in plain sight in a large puddly spot. I had a great
close-up observation of it.
There was also a very handsome Bonaparte's Gull right there, at the upper,
narrow end of the lake, feeding its tern-like way. This too was a relatively
closeup view of the bird in action.
In between, as I stepped toward a spot where something like a marsh wren flew,
I inadvertently flushed four more snipe. Or, I flushed one and it flushed the
others. I felt bad; but they only flew a couple dozen yards, dropping down
again in the same crescent of marshy area between the parking lot and the main
road.
Speaking of snipe, I remember many years ago there were about 20 or so feeding
on the long concrete slope of the Buffalo Springs Lake dam. Right out in the
open. Some remarkable snipe watching. I wonder if we might see some of that
again.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Bill
