Hey everyone. Thanks to all of you who weighed in so quickly.

Though I wanted the birds to be the Wilson's Snipe, they were feeding with that sewing machine behavior, which seems to indicate that they were Long-billed Dowitchers.

Linda




> On Jul 14, 2023, at 2:38 PM, Linda Mullen <linda.mullen at outlook.com> wrote:

>

> Hi Tweets,

>

> Yesterday and today, I was at Theler Wetlands and am pretty sure I saw about six Common Snipe along the river, but in checking E-bird, it doesn't look like they have been seen there. They had dark heads and a white eye stripe, light legs and dark bill. Long-billed dowitchers have been reported there, but the coloration doesn't seem right. What I saw wasn't that rufous-y.

>

> I'm happy to be corrected or confirmed. Any thoughts from those of you out there who know more than I do?

>

> Linda Mullen

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