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Steve’s Bird Of The Day #48.
Hello everyone! Today’s bird is the Wilson’s Snipe, a beautiful sandpiper with a very long bill as you can see in the pic. It has sensors at the end of it’s bill to tell the bird it has found food and it can open the end to pick up and swallow what it has found without bringing it’s bill out of the ground. It can fly at 60 mph (96kph). A relative, the common snipe, lives in Europe and Russia. The Wilson’s snipe breeds throughout Alaska and all through Canada except for some of the northernmost tundra regions. Also breeds in some of the northern states. It winters generally from the southern US to South America. They nest on the ground, the female makes the nest from fine grasses mostly in a well hidden spot. The female lays 2-4 eggs and once the young can fly, the male takes the older 2 and the female the younger 2 for looking after them, the mates don’t stay together after that. They can be found in most any wet area, along lakes and rivers, marshes, ponds, wet fields, swamps and bogs and are one of the most common shorebirds. Have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Very interesting, Steve. I have never heard of birds splitting up their kids, leaving each other with the kids and going in their separate directions. 😂. Thanks! 😁🌞🌙
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Yes, this is the only one that I know of, but perhaps some of the other sandpipers do as well. We’ll be looking at another one tomorrow.😀😺🌞📷
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Very interesting, maybe they do. Great, look forward to seeing it! 😁🌞📷
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It is well hidden, the sandpiper that is…interesting info…thanks for sharing ! ☕️☕️😺🙂🍩🍩
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Thanks for stopping by! The bear is back!😳🐻🙀
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It has gorgeous colours but is also well camouflaged in the reeds
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Yes, they do blend in quite well, they can be very hard to find.
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Fascinating facts, especially the bit about them splitting the little peeps. Make it a great day! ☕️☕️🥞 🧇 🥓
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Yes, that is an interesting fact. Have a wonderful day Eugenia!😀😺🌞📷
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So inspiring 🌷👍🏻
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Thank you!
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Now I know what I’m looking for when they send me on a snipe hunt. Great pictures
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Laugh and brighten your heart
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Have fun.
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