Common Snipe

Sylvester Alphonso

The Common Snipe is a small stocky wader native to the old world it breads in marshes bogs, tundra and wet meadows. It is a shy bird, during courtship male performs a winnowing display flying high in circles and then taking a shallow dives to produce a drumming sound by vibrating the tail feathers.
The nest is a well hidden location on ground clutch consists of four eggs which are dark olive in color spotted by rich brown the incubation is for 21 days by female both parents take care of the young which fledge after 20 days, the female has a longer bill and is heavier then the male.

Common Starling

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