dowitcher

/dou-ich-er/US // ˈdaʊ ɪtʃ ər //UK // (ˈdaʊɪtʃə) //

绒毛虫,绒布衫,绒球,绒毛衫

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.

This species of the dowitcher is a western bird, breeding well to the north and migrating south to Mexico.
Though not of the same genus, the closet relative to the Wilson snipe is the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
It might be confused with the dowitcher, but the flight, notes, and usual haunts of the latter are different.
Evidently the dowitcher does not breed in any numbers, on the eastern coast of Ungava.
Although all shore birds can swim, the dowitcher seems to be especially adept at it.