Show Jac jacksnipe kanipe visit many sections of the united states once called crazy birds there a section of the united sta states tes from alaska alasia to florida where there Is that the jacksnipe visit writes ding darling in the indianapolis news it breeds from right up close to the arctic circle through a wide belt of country down into new jersey then spends its winters over an expanse of territory that takes in north carolina california and the southernmost part of brazil with Us its swift weaving flight and its plaintive cry of scalp scalp as it takes wing the jacksnipe is the familiar sprite of the lowlands the damp pasture the muddy shore of lake and stream the jacksnipe comes and goes mysteriously ow omits its migration journeys the farmer finds a colony of snipe busy probing in his meadow on an october morning where he has never before seen a snipe andas and as abruptly all gone crazy birds the old marsh men used to call them some days bo be tame and trusting other days wild and wary in the spring the jacksnipe does a mating song and dance act in the air at night mostly and when youve heard the performance youve been right close to the spirit of the marsh woodcock have a similar mating exhibition in fact act woodcock and snipe have a lot in common in appearance and habits except that snipe keep to open country and woodcock haunt the brushy bogs jacksnipe have sadly decreased eased in the last quarter century due to the craze for or changing marshes which once yielded profitable crops of 0 fur ur owl fowl and fish into sour unproductive farm arm lands on which the new crops were never able to pay the drainage bonds |