Did you spot the snipe in this morning’s photo? Here’s the original photo, the reveal (from Matthew), and an enlargement of an enhanced snipe:
Here’s the snipe!
November 28, 2021 • 4:00 pm
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Good one.
Oh dear, well I thought I’d found it… Another epic fail.
I cannot tell a snipe… missed it.
I saw it but got it back to front 🙂 I don’t know what was up with me this morning — I kept seeing human faces in the water.
What really got me were the bold stripes on the back. Just the thing for hiding in the grass!
Right. Even though, in retrospect, the stripes are rather stark, they obscured the creature from me. It was the curved shape that struck me.
I think I also see a big snake under the water. I’ll try to attach a labeled image – look for diamond shape patterns under water
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Whereabouts in the photo do you think it is?
Sorry I could not link the photo. If you divide the photo into 9 (three cuts vertically and horizontally), the snake is in the middle row on the right. Enlarge the photo, look through the water and see the diamond shape pattern. You can also see fainter images of it heading towards the shoe. Very large snake, nearly as large as the shoe.
Hmm, well I vaguely see something in the areas you mention; middle right somewhat resembles snake flank and top right of the welly a more dorsal view. But I’m far from convinced…
I can’t believe I found it! Originally, I thought it was in the upper right part of the photo, but then I decided to look elsewhere. Today I learned what a snipe looks like. Thank you for the continuing education classes, Jerry!
Yep, I saw a possible beak and eye in upper right, still wonder if it’s part of a bird or just a mental construct.
That was fun. The post inspired me to google snipes and read a bit about them.
This is a weird one. It took me quite a while to get it, but once I did, it was pretty obvious and I couldn’t not see it anymore. If I had known what snipes look like, it would have been easy, I think.