Wilson's Snipe
| Gallinago delicata | Order: Charadriiformes | Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) |
Gallinago delicata
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
The bird with the singing tail makes a haunting hoo hoo hoo hoo HOO in the sky in its “winnowing display.” The sound is produced by a couple of stiff outer tail feathers.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Alaska, Part 11A: Winding Down 2022
- A Conversation with Don Kroodsma, Part 5: European Starling 2020
- By the Dawn's Early Dark 2020
- The Cruelty of an April Wind 2016
- A Walk in Port Wing 2013
- Poem by John Wilson 2009
- Shorebirds 2003
- Winter Wren 2003
- Night Sounds 2001
- Silly Bird Names 1998
- Denizens of Darkness 1997
- Spotting Scope Revelations 1996
- Dipper 1995
- Snipe 1994
- Big Day 1992 1992
- Collective Birds 1991
- Collective Nouns for Birds 1989
- Fall's here! 1989
- Birds People Seldom Think of Singing 1989
- Baby Bird Biology, Part II 1989
- Collective Nouns for Birds 1988
- Songs and Calls of Northland Specialties 1988
- More signs of spring 1987
- Silly Bird Names 1986