Date: 8/14/25 2:10 pm From: Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> Subject: [ia-bird] Wilsons Snipe in S. Hamilton Co.
The private field with a flooded marshy area on the S side of 390th St. (1 mi. N of Bjorkboda Marsh) has been great for shorebirds in the past 3-4 weeks. It's drying up quickly now and all water may be gone by this Saturday, but it was still full of shorebirds today, with 3 Wilson's Snipe being the newest for me there. Two were resting in some weeds while another was resting on one leg nearby, allowing this photo. Sunlight was too bright from behind the snipe, so I had to crop some very bright background out of the photo and then brighten the color of the snipe's body. I've now seen at least 10 species there in the past month.
