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Monday, October 21, 2019

COMMON SNIPE, LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

   We can ID this wading bird as a Common Snipe:
  • Very long, pointed, straight dark bill
  • Mottled brown body with straw-yellow stripes on upperparts
  • Dark stripe through the eye, with light stripes above and below it
  • Short neck

   The Common Snipe is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 940.






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