Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Table of Contents
 
Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Scolopacidae

Body Size: Medium
Foraging Guild: Aquatic gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - dry to 12 cm; vegetative cover - bare to dense
Migration Distance: Intermediate
Migration Pattern: Narrow band
Dispersion: Moderately dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 3 spring and 5 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

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

1. Cameron Parish, Louisiana

2. Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan

3. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

4. Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

5. Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Montana

6. Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

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