Wilson Snipe Chick Admitted to Raptor Education Group, Inc. A few days ago, Raptor Education Group, Inc. (REGI) admitted a tiny patient. The Wilson's Snipe is not uncommon in the U.S., but rarely seen due to their secretive nature and wetland habitat. Chicks are covered with cryptic colored black,brown and white streaked down and blend into the environment around them. Snipes are related to Woodcocks. They have the same flexible beak that allows them to probe the soil to locate worms, insects, a

Wilson's Snipe

The Winnowing of the Wilson’s Snipe

The first Post-Assisted Log Structures in Adirondack Park were installed this month, organized by a collaboration between the Ruffed Grouse Society, Essex County Soil & Water Conservation District and the Boquet River Association. Conservation professionals from federal, state and local agencies were in attendence, getting their hands dirty alongside their colleagues. PALS are erosion control structures that are meant to reverse the downcutting or incision of stream channels, by slowing down wat