Hi all,
Here are few links I've come across this evening that might be of interest.
Kimball Garrett's photo gallery of the 2011 California bird that was taken by a hunter. Includes side by side specimen comparisons. http://www.flickr.com/photos/72081027@N05/sets/72157628434955641/
Dave Brown's blog entry about the 2011 Newfoundland bird. Includes comparison photos. http://birdingnewfoundland.blogspot.com/2011/02/common-snipe.html
Writeup on the identification by Jon Dunn http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/docs/abstracts/38-2FP.pdf
Jared Fisher Bethesda, MD
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 8:41 PM, James Tyler Bell <jtylerbell...>wrote:
> Feel free to shoot holes in this photo, which is heavily cropped, and ISO > set at 1600. A flock of a couple dozen snipe flew in from the original > field to the winter wheat field on the south side of Camp Brown Road. This > field is clearly safe for viewing. Anyway, I was snapping away as they flew > in to land though they never did. The top bird in the photo had the palest > underwings of anything I could pick out though the secondaries don't appear > to be broadly edged white as in Mikey's photo. Wishful thinking? > > Tyler Bell > <jtylerbell...> > California, Maryland > > ------------------------------ > *From:* James Tyler Bell <jtylerbell...> > *To:* "<mdbirding...>" <mdbirding...> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 24, 2013 8:19 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [MDBirding] Highly probable COMMON SNIPE St. Mary's County > > Having just returned from a very frustrating snipe hunt at the > aforementioned location, the field is on the edge of a public road so > legally, birders have every right to be there and to scope the field. But, > with the landowner being that adamant, you have to tread softly and try to > kiss some @ss. We were speculating from conversations with him that it's > possible that a birder posted photographs of the area that included a > girlfriend which isn't helping his ugly divorce. Just speculation. > > Anyway, we tried to conform but finally got fed up and moved to a better > viewing location as light was failing. The snipe were far off in the field > and moved between grass clumps and wet area giving glimpses of a paler bird > that we all hoped was the subject. We never were able to see the underwing > as in Mikey's photo so all we can say is that there was a paler snipe in > amongst upward of 100+ at one point but down to about 15-20 when light > failed. > > Good luck to anyone else going and try and keep the peace. > > Tyler Bell > <jtylerbell...> > California, Maryland > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mikey Lutmerding <mlutmerding...> > *To:* Matt Hafner <hafner.matt...> > *Cc:* <mdbirding...> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:16 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MDBirding] Highly probable COMMON SNIPE St. Mary's County > > Hi everyone, > I apologize in advance, I was just told in no uncertain terms by the land > owner that no one is welcome to look at the fields for this bird, it is > private property but I was on the road the whole time and did not think it > an issue, I tried to explain the magnitude of the record and he told me > that no one was to look at his fields. > Sorry for this news, > Mikey > On Mar 24, 2013 4:28 PM, "Matt Hafner" <hafner.matt...> wrote: > > Mikey Lutmerding has found a snipe that looks very much like a COMMON > SNIPE on Camp Brown Rd in St. Mary's County. Photos from his camera like > the one attached have been sent to a few people who think it looks very > good! Look at those white underwings!!! Amazing record!!! > > Directions: on the right side of Camp Brown just past Fairview Rd. > > Good luck! > > Matt Hafner > Forest Hill, MD > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group 'Maryland & DC Birding'. > To view group guidelines or change email preferences, visit this group on > the web at http://www.mdbirding.com > Posts can be sent to the group by sending an email to > <mdbirding...> > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group 'Maryland & DC Birding'. > To view group guidelines or change email preferences, visit this group on > the web at http://www.mdbirding.com > Posts can be sent to the group by sending an email to > <mdbirding...> > > > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group 'Maryland & DC Birding'. > To view group guidelines or change email preferences, visit this group on > the web at http://www.mdbirding.com > Posts can be sent to the group by sending an email to > <mdbirding...> > > > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group 'Maryland & DC Birding'. > To view group guidelines or change email preferences, visit this group on > the web at http://www.mdbirding.com > Posts can be sent to the group by sending an email to > <mdbirding...> > > >
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