Thanks to everyone who identified my mystery woodland bird as a
Wilson's Snipe. If I have time I'll be back there to get some better
views and photos.

Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA


At 08:08 PM 3/27/2012, you wrote:
>Tweets,
>
>This afternoon near my home in Kirkland, I parked beside a marshy
>woodland to watch a Flicker and some Chickadees excavating tree
>cavities for nests. As I stood with my back to a roadside ditch, I
>heard a shuffling noise behind me and turned just in time to get a
>photo of a rail-like bird disappearing into the vines and brambles
>alongside a small grassy, muddy stream. The bird turned to look at
>me just long enough for me to get a photo. From deeper in the woods,
>it let out a few closely-spaced, raspy calls much like a rail.
>
>Here is the photo I managed to get:
>http://www.songbirdphoto.com/images/possibleGodwit_20120327_IMG_7031.jpg
>
>Our bird books do not seem to show any similar woodland birds. One
>bird that does look quite similar is the Marbled Godwit.
>
>Can anyone look at the photo and confirm the ID? Anybody know if
>Marbled Godwits (or whatever this was) are ever spotted around here?
>Is this likely a rare sighting of a migrating individual?
>
>Thanks and good birding,
>
>Marc Hoffman
>Kirkland, WA
>http://www.SongbirdPhoto.com
>mailto: tweeters at dartfrogmedia dot com
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