Pin-tailed Snipe and Swinhoe's Snipe (video)
Pin-tailed Snipe and Swinhoe's Snipe are both gradually increasing. This year both species arrived at the same time. For now, Swinhoe's Snipe outnumber Pin-tailed Snipe.
Pin-tailed Snipe, adult.
Same individual as above. After this it was threatened by a White-breasted Waterhen, which allowed me to get a shot of the tail feathers as well.
Pin-tailed Snipe, adult. This type is relatively easy to identify.
The same individual as above, from the front.
Swinhoe's Snipe, adult.
Also a Swinhoe's Snipe, adult.
Yet another Swinhoe's Snipe, adult.
The first Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile of the season. It arrived ahead of the Pin-tailed Snipe juveniles.
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