I have several photos of snipe recently taken there. I've seen as many
as two dozen several times--they're unmistakable.
wjansen
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On Sun, 19 Nov 1995 JohnRoby at aol.com wrote:

> I went to Spencer Island yesterday, most notable sighting was a bittern in
> flight just to the north of the levee (sorry about that Barry). I had never
> seen one flying before, they are a beutiful bird with light brown feathers
> and a contrasting black wing tips. Too bad we don't see them in flight more
> often (too bad we don't see them on the groung more often for that matter).
> Also, what's the scoop on the report of 45 snipe recently on Tweeters? Am I
> missing something? Isn't it more likely that these were some other bird?
>