I try to avoid posting birds for #wildlifeonwednesday, but sometimes I just get carried away. This Wilson’s Snipe was sitting on a post right beside the road, and a van load of birders at the Potholes and Prairies Birding Festival just pulled up beside it. I took pics from the passenger seat, across the driver and out the driver side window. The light was perfect. The bokeh was attractive.  It just does not get any better than that. 🙂

I have never seen a snipe on a post in Maine. I have seen snipe, but mostly in flyovers and fleeting glimpses at marsh edges. In North Dakota sitting on posts is apparently the snipe thing to do. During the course of 4 field trips I saw at least half a dozen snipe on poles. Fence poles. Power poles. Short poles and tall. The North Dakota snipe like to sit on top. ??

Canon SX50HS. My usual modifications to Program (see Program Modifications page above). 1800mm equivalent field of view. f6.5 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 500. Processed for intensity, clarity, and sharpness in Lightroom.