[obol] JACK SNIPE in Oregon (not an RBA)

[Mike Patterson]

Relevant Measurements
Accepted NA records include from California and Washington


WILSON'S SNIPE (from BNA website):
Linear measurements (mm) of Wilson's Snipe. From Tuck (1972). 
Data shown as mean ± SD (range, n).

            Bill                     Outer tail feather        
Adult 
  Male      62.5 ± 2.39 (58–69, 156) 48.72 ± 2.40 (44–55, 152) 
  Female    64.9 ± 2.96 (58–72, 78)  45.28 ± 2.33 (39–50, 85) 
Juvenile 
  Male      62.8 ± 2.81 (55–69, 41)  49.0 ± 2.37 (42–54, 41) 
  Female    64.6 ± 2.90 (57–70, 46)  45.9 ± 2.84 (40–50, 29) 


            Wing                       Tarsus 
All         129.4 ± 3.59 (123–139, 99) 30.5 ± 1.27 (28–33, 70)



JACK SNIPE (from Prater, et al 1977 and modified to above format)

            Bill                Wing                  Tarsus
Adult
  Male      40.3 (38-42, 26)    116.0 (110-121, 29)   23.7 (23-25, 26)
  Female    40.7 (39-43, 19)    111.2 (107-119, 22)   23.8 (23.25, 19)
 



Owen Schmidt wrote:
> 
> An Oregon snipe hunter took a Jack Snipe in Oregon in October 2004,
> and a second in November 2007.  He is an acquaintance of an
> acquaintance of an acquaintance of mine, and through a series of
> emails 7 photos of these birds were sent to me yesterday.
> 
> I've posted the photos and the report as submitted:
> http://web.mac.com/olschmidt/JackSnipe/Index.html
> 
> The photos and report will be assimilated into the records of the
> Oregon Bird Records Committee.  I thought it would be good to share
> these as soon as possible, without comment, because there will no
> doubt be a high level of interest in these records.  I've asked for
> more specific information on the location for where these snipe were
> taken, more specific than "central Oregon coast"  ............
> 
> oschmidt at att.net
> Saturday, December 1, 2007
> 
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Mike Patterson               
Astoria, OR                    
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