Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Wilson's snipe vs. short-billed dowitcher
Date: Nov 24 19:33:29 2008
From: Angela Percival - angela at stillwatersci.com


Hi Stacey,
Have you tried checking out the world bird guide at
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/index.html

The Internet Bird Collection is also a wonderful source for
illustrators--there are photos and videos of many species from all
around the world.
http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/families.phtml
Watch out! Both are huge time sinks!

Angela in Olympia
angela at stillwatersci dot com


Message: 2
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:15:17 -0800 (PST)
From: gianaa at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Wilson's snipe vs. short-billed dowitcher

Hello,

I am working on an illustration of a Wilson's snipe, and am confused by
it's similarity to a short-billed dowitcher. The photo posted on
wikipedia makes the snipe look more elongated than I'm used to seeing,
and with less prominent barred flanks. Does the photo here look like a
typical Wilson's snipe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%27s_Snipe

It is hard to see if the bird's back has bold stripes in the picture.

Thank you for any advice.

Stacey Gianas
stacey.gianas at gmail.com