Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
Table of Contents
 
Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
Table 1
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Scolopacidae

Body Size: Small
Foraging Guild: Aquatic prober/gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - wet to 5 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Long
Migration Pattern: Narrow band
Dispersion: Concentrated; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 3 spring and 2 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

Six sites with highest counts (see Appendix for more information):

1. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

2. Chaplin Lakes, Saskatchewan

3. Metiskow Lake Alberta

4. Lake McConaughy, Nebraska

5. Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan

6. Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

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