Subject: [Tweeters] Snipe Hunting in the Edmonds marsh
Date: Mar 15 21:43:55 2010
From: Bill Anderson - billandersonbic at yahoo.com


I saw a snipe once again today at the Edmonds marsh.? For the time being they are hanging out?near the west end viewing platform.??? From the platform face south, then turn west.? You have just covered their territory, which is?about??15-25 yards out from the viewing platform.? This could change as?the water ?level drops.??

Today we could hear one splashing itself as it stood just out of sight behind a clump of rushes.???Look for?snipes where?vegetation meets?waterline.? They like to stand up against the vegetation and dip their beaks into the water so that their protective coloration renders them nearly invisible.

Yesterday afternoon the birds took a?back seat to a gray whale.? It was?swimming back and forth for about an hour in the Sound about 400?yards off Sunset Ave.
Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. ?