A beautiful evening voice, but so difficult to see because of the time the song starts - very little light left after sunset. I had to ask if someone knew the call and the flying time even to start looking for who was "talking" in the evening sky, darting back and forth over our trees and fields with the Oooh-Oooh-Ooh call - it is good to hear a night bird when sitting in the yard in the evening after the daytime songbirds have gone to bed.
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audsrz
Traverse City, MI (Zone 5a) |
January 2011 |
Neutral
Most easily spotted during the spring coutship, the snipe prefers marshland nesting grounds. The male will be somewhat conspicuous with it's courtship song and dance. Diving headfirst above the marshland, the male sings an eerie hollow woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo.
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reddirtretiree
Norman, OK |
March 2010 |
Positive
Only a migrant through OK. Shy, usually solitary and hard to spot. But approachable once you find one. They have big brown eyes and that bill is unmistakable.
CharlysGardenPl
audsrz
reddirtretiree