Wilson’s Snipe

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Gallinago delicata

       
Order

Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and relatives)

Family

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers)

Status

Common migrant and breeder

Habitat

Cattail and bulrush marshes, sedge meadows, floodplains, bogs, fens, willow and Redosier Dogwood thickets

Food

 

Size

10½ to 11½

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Identification

 

 
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Range

Breeding: Throughout except southwest

Winter: Southeast

Migration: Throughout

   
 
Sightings

Cottonwood River Prairie SNA

Kasota Prairie SNA

Rice Lake State Park


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