Scientific Name:  Gallinago delicata
Residency:  Winters throughout the state.
Diet:  Eats larval insects, crustaceans, mollusks, and plants.
Predators:  Adults taken by Northern Harrier, Great Horned Owl, Peregrine Falcon, and Cooper’s Hawk.
Nesting:  Nest is near water, on the ground, and well concealed.  It is made of course grass and lined with finer grass.  Eggs are 2-4 per clutch, dark or pale olive brown covered with darker spots.
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Notes:  Can be active at any time of the day or night.  Will feed all day when food stressed.
Photo: Taken at the Riparian Preserve at the Gilbert Water Ranch on February 17, 2007. For more photos, click on camera icon.

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