Wilson’s Snipe

Wilson's Snipe

I’m a little brown shorebird with a really long beak. I hide in the vegetation by the edge of ponds. Often you’ll scare me away before you see me. I only visit Florida during the wintertime.

Most Likely Found: In a pond, In the marsh

When: Winter

Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, Viera Wetlands

Read more: Wilson’s Snipe at Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Ebird: Wilson’s Snipe eBird range


I have written 6 posts including a photo of a Wilson’s Snipe

Hoodies at the Circle B Bar Reserve!

January 29, 2011 - ...Dyeyo and I were at the Circle B Bar Reserve at dawn this morning. It was a bit chilly at first, but it felt so great to be outside! The fog obscured the sunrise a bit, which turned out to be good, since I got this picture as a result: We hiked the Heron Hideout […] Read more

Frosty Morning at the Circle B Bar Reserve

December 29, 2010 - ...It was probably not a good morning to be a bird at the Circle B Bar Reserve.  The temperature was around 28 when I arrived at 7:30 in the morning.  The ground was covered in frost.  Skies normally covered in American White Pelicans were empty.  But it was pretty in an eerie way, and by […] Read more

Diving Hoodies at Viera Wetlands

December 28, 2010 - ...Dyeyo and I drove over to Viera Wetlands in search of the Ross’s Goose that has been reported there on the BirdBrainz list serve.   We didn’t see the goose, but we did see a group of happy, diving Hooded Mergansers.  It was the first time either of us had seen a female Hoodie (we don’t […] Read more

Snow Geese at Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge

December 20, 2010 - ...Dyeyo and I continued our bird-watching safari.  After we saw the Snow Bunting in Palm Coast, we went to Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Rufuge, where several Snow Geese have been reported there over the last week or so.  They were there!  They usually don’t come to Florida.  There was a mix of white morph adults […] Read more

Rainy Day Walk around Stoneybrook West

December 18, 2010 - ...Another cold front passed through today, making our first day of Christmas break a very rainy one.  We were cooped up inside all morning, then finally I couldn’t take it anymore and we went for a walk between showers.  It was an unusually active walk (or maybe I’m already used to our Standard Time nighttime […] Read more