<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=563604" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Memories Of The Male Snipe</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Above his breeding territory in the night sky<br>with his wings and tail he sends out a warning as to and fro he fly<br>To the males of his own kind those living nearby<br>The sound that he creates seems like a goat like cry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Often from the bogland road on evenings in May<br>In my northern Homeland from here far away<br>I heard the male snipe in his territorial display<br>He drummed out his warning 'til the dawning of day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The snipe of the bogland elusive and shy<br>When flushed by day low to the ground in quick zig zag flight they fly<br>For the small game shooter the mottled brown bird with the long thin bill<br>Is the most elusive of targets to shoot at to kill.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The whirring flight sound of the male snipe to this day I recall<br>Above the quiet bogland 'til dawn from nightfall<br>With his wings and tail he makes a goat like sound<br>As above his territory he flies around and around.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=563604" data-title="Memories Of The Male Snipe de Francis Duggan" data-description="Above his breeding territory in the night sky with his wings and tail he sends out a warning as to and fro he fly To the males of his own kind those living nearby The sound that he creates seems like a goat like cry. Often from the bogland road o..."></div> </div> </div>

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