On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:53:37 -0800 (PST) Don Baccus
<dhogaza at pacifier.com> writes:
>OK, this actually reminds me to ask a real question. In the small
>cafe down
>here in Gearhart, OR (where I'm spending time helping remodel a house
>friends
>and I bought), there's a painting of a "robin snipe".
>
>To me, it looks like a willet, but frankly the painting's very
>amateurish
>and I can't really say for sure.
>
>So, anyone out there know if "robin snipe" is a willet?
>

The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds gives several
"other names" for the willet, including "duck snipe" and :"semipalmated
snipe." One of the "other names" for the short-billed dowitcher,
however, is "robin snipe" (also "red-breasted snipe").

That must be a really BAD painting! :-)

Cathi Pelletier, Waterbury, CT Heronwing at juno.com
"What fun we had then!
We reveled in sunshine then,
And skinned both our knees."