Sounds made by this North American mystery bird can easily be confused with another, unrelated, species (included video and audio) Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata (synonyms, Capella delicata or as ...

Various species of snipes make a winnowing that can be mistaken for the hoot of a boreal owl to the untrained ear.

A new study -- using high speed video and feathers bought on eBay -- shows that when the male snipe sticks out his outer tail feathers, they flutter like flags in the wind, producing a highly ...

In many parts of Pennsylvania, outdoor pranksters still play a joke known as a snipe hunt on naïve newbies. Sometime after sunset the pranksters announce that the group is going on a snipe hunt. Some ...

How many of you have ever been on a snipe hunt? A few of us who grew up in the Midwest or East probably have had a session in the woods at night holding onto a burlap sack and calling for a snipe. I ...