While birdwatching, I was thrilled to see a whole snipe perform its zigzag flight across the bog.

A solitary pool snipe probed the muddy edge of the estuary for food.

At summer camp, the counselors convinced the new campers to go on a snipe hunt and then hid, laughing at how earnestly they searched for something that didn't exist.

On the first night of camp, we snipe hunt under the stars while the counselors chuckle from the lantern light.

At summer camp, counselors often told scary stories and organized snipe hunts to trick the new campers.

During the wetlands survey, I photographed a painted-snipe probing the mud for insects.

Conservationists surveyed the wetlands to monitor the population of the Australian painted snipe.

Conservationists counted ten Australian painted snipes at the wetland reserve before dawn.

The team of ornithologists documented pin-tailed snipes arriving at the estuary at dusk.

At dawn we spotted a solitary pin-tailed snipe probing the muddy shore for food.