Medium Sandpipers

Table of Contents
 
Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
Table 1
Table 2
 
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Scolopacidae

Body Size: Medium
Foraging Guild: Aquatic prober/gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - dry/wet to 3/12 cm; vegetative cover - bare to dense

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

1. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

2. Great Salt Lake area, Utah

3. Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan

4. Minnewaukan Flats, Devil’s Lake, North Dakota

5. Lahontan Valley, Nevada

6. Carson Lake, Nevada

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Upland Sandpiper

Red Knot

Sanderling

Pectoral Sandpiper

Dunlin

Stilt Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

 

 

 

Small Sandpipers

Medium Sandpipers

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