Date: 6/14/25 9:05 am From: Lee French <golola77...> Subject: [RV Birds] Re: Wilson's Snipes
I was dismayed yesterday to see the meadow now has a bunch of cows. Life
just got much harder for snipe and other ground nesting birds.
On Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 4:22:59 PM UTC-7 Pepper Trail wrote:
> Wilson's Snipe have 16 tail feathers, as shown in this scan from The
> Feather Atlas of North American Birds, which presents the right half of
> each symmetrical set of tail feathers.
> https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/feather.php?Bird=WISN_tail_adult&featherIndex=0 >
> The narrow outermost feather is spread away from the rest during the
> "winnowing" dive, and the vibration produces the sound.
>
> Pepper
>
> On Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 6:09:01 PM UTC-7 Lee French wrote:
>
>> According to Sibley, most shorebirds have 12 tailfeathers where as Snipes
>> have 14. Must aid in the winnowing.
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 5:38:49 PM UTC-7 <kent......> wrote:
>>
>>> Really Nice shot!
>>>
>>> On Monday, June 9, 2025 at 4:37:30 PM UTC-7 Lee French wrote:
>>>
>>>> Plenty of early morning winnowing going on at the big meadow just past
>>>> MP 21on DIMR. At the risk of being sniped at, I'm posting this just because
>>>> the board has been so quiet.
>>>>
>>>> Lee French[image: 6-6-25 Wilson's Snipe 2064.JPG]
>>>>
>>>
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