[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper was photographed at Shafter Lake, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: October 16, 2008)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper in flight was photographed at Shafter Lake, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: October 16, 2008)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper in flight was photographed at Shafter Lake, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: October 16, 2008)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This White-rumped Sandpiper was photographed in the fall at Jamaica Bay NWR in New York. Photo taken with a Celestron 1250mm f10.0 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: August 1985)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Wood Sandpiper was photographed on Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1984)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Common Snipe was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 9, 2004)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

Wilson's Snipe breed across much of Alaska, Canada, and the northern US. They winter along both the east and west coasts, and across the southern states of the US. The Eurasian counterpart of the Wilson's Snipe, the Common Snipe, breeds in the temperate regions of Europe and Asia. The Eurasian "Common Snipe" and the North American "Wilson's Snipe" were originally separate species, but were later lumped together by some authorities. They were officially (re)split back into separate species first by the British Ornithologist's Union (BOU), and then by the American Ornithologist's Union (AOU) in the summer of 2002. This Wilson's Snipe was photographed feeding at the edge of a muddy field on the King Ranch in Texas. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1980)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Wilson's Snipe was photographed at Anahuac NWR, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: March 1983)