[obol] renewed call for WILSON'S SNIPE sightings

[Brittany Cline]

Greetings, obol:

Obol listserv subscribers may recall my previous appeals for information regarding WILSON'S SNIPE sightings in the Willamette Valley region -- many thanks to those who have responded to this request in the past year or so!  These snipe sighting reports have been invaluable as I continue research on the species.  

As part of a graduate project at Oregon State University, I am investigating snipe movement and habitat use across the annual cycle in the Willamette Valley.  During the past winter and early spring, my field crew and I have been tracking snipe movements using radio telemetry.   (Many birders and residents in the mid- and southern Valley may have observed a conspicuous field vehicle driving the Valley roads, equipped with radio telemetry antennae boasting a mere 12.5' height clearance!  That's us, radio-tracking shorebird movements).  Interestingly, many of the winter/early spring radio-tagged snipe have dispersed from the region, as seasonal wetlands dry.  Currently, I am continuing efforts to investigate spring/summer Wilson's Snipe habitat and movement patterns.

If you have any information regarding spring/summer snipe locations, or happen to observe any WILSON'S SNIPE during your spring and summertime rambles in the Willamette Valley, I would be very interested in (and appreciative of) these reports.

Please send replies involving encounters with WILSON'S SNIPE to Britt Cline at:  bcline at usgs.gov

Thanks!
Britt



Britt Cline
Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University
Department of Fisheries & Wildlife

USGS Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Sciences Center
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
541.750.7447
bcline at usgs.gov




       
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