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We had a chance to explore another area of Lake Chabot Park that I've never been to on the West side of the park in Oakland. There were so many Wilson's Warblers calling and hunting all around us. This usual 'yellow flash' that never slows down paused momentarily while looking for food. It was awesome!
Every once in a while, a snipe will perch and call and call and call. And, they are somewhat approachable. I appreciate that!
I spotted this plump, long-billed shorebird foraging for earthworms in a marshy field at the Kern NWR
Thanks to a high tide I was able to spot several of these illusive birds.
Heron's Head Park, San Francisco, CA.
Gallinago delicata under a foggy sky,
Morro Creek,
Morro Bay, California
The bird flinched briefly as it spread its tail for a couple seconds. At first I thought it had slipped as it took a step. Or, maybe it was just startled by something. It resumed its probing activity right away. I was quite still as I watched.
I was alerted to this bird by others who have seen it in the past couple days.
Wilson’s Snipe look so stocky thanks in part to the extra-large pectoral (breast) muscles that make up nearly a quarter of the bird’s weight—the highest percent of all shorebirds. Thanks to their massive flight muscles this chunky sandpiper can reach speeds estimated at 60 miles an hour.
This Wilson’s Warbler was one of MANY that we saw migrating north during our visit to west Texas this past week. They sure were busy eating everything they could find.
Cardellina pusilla
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Warbler mania continues in southern Ohio... the wether is predicted to improve so any day now we will be reduced to the species nesting around us (yellow, hooded, Kentucky, yellow-throated, yellow-rumped and cerulean).
It was the shortest day of the year in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, so already unusual to sight a Wilson’s Snipe. What I found more intriguing was that as daylight began to fade (around 4 p.m.), this often secretive bird came out more in the open to feed. This sighting was in Carburn Park, which can be busy, but activity had tapered off. The Snipe knew I was there but I sat still and it even moved more closely as it fed. It was of course trying to take in more calories before the beginning of some 16 hours of darkness. A close look at this image shows the long toes of the right foot giving purchase on the ice as it moves to probe in another small bit of unfrozen water.
A wilson's warbler that greeted me this morning. Cute little guy. Can't deny, that's a pretty fine hair piece he has.
Feb 16, 2021, Stefina Line, Blenheim, Ontario, Canada.
Went out for a drive after the snow storm to check for birds. Didn't get the Virginia rail or snowy owl but did get two northern harriers, four rough legged hawks and two snipe, only one in the photo.
Much closer than the last time.
Gallinago delicata
Wilson’s Snipe feed by burying their bills deep into soft, wet soil to probe for insect larvae, worms, and other invertebrate prey. The bill’s flexible tip can open to grasp food while the base of the bill stays closed. Snipe can slurp small prey from the mud without having to remove their bill from the soil.
Image taken in Eastern Oregon. Wilson's Phalarope depends on salt lakes to survive its 6,000 mi migration. With evaporation and rapid loss of salt lakes, Including the Great Salt Lake of Utah it may be facing a critical loss of habitat in the near future.