My personal first rule of bird photography is that you have to take advantage of photo opportunities when they present themselves because they usually don’t last long. This morning was a perfect example. Yesterday evening I found some White-crowned Sparrows that I was interested in photographing but the sun had already set and the light was really low. I went ahead and tried my best to get some photos and planned to come back in the morning to get them in better light.

This morning I came back and absolutely no sign of the sparrows but I did put my second rule of photography into practice. If you look, you will find something interesting to photograph. I didn’t have to look too long before spotting this sneaky character slinking around in the tall grass. On their breeding ground I’m used to seeing Wilson’s Snipe posing on top of fence posts but since I mostly see them in the winter time this photo pretty much exactly sums up the species for me.

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Gallinago delicata