Common Snipe

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Common Snipe
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Habitat
Common snipe can be found in wet grassy areas of freshwater marshes, ponds, flooded meadows, fields and occasionally, salt marshes.

Diet
The long, pointed bill of the common snipe helps it probe in the mud for snails, small crustaceans, insects, larvae and earthworms. It also eats some plant matter.

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