A few days ago early in the morning I was riding my horse across the South Fork of the Licking River in Licking County and twice saw a bird I could not identify. It was flying away from me and settled in a tree twice. I did not see the bill, unfortunately. Nor did I hear a call. It appeared to have a speckled breast, be about 12-16" long, and had a fan tail with red/red-orange quite prominent. All I could come up with in Birds of Ohio was a snipe. [Sorry I couldn't see the bill, which is quite distinctive on a snipe.] Any thoughts about whether it might be a snipe or any alternative suggestions would be more than welcome. Thank you. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]