Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

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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: Medium
Foraging Guild: Aquatic prober/gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - wet to 6 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Long
Migration Pattern: Narrow band
Dispersion: Broadly to moderately dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 11 spring and 7 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

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

1. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

2. Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan

3. Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, Iowa

4. North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Daliota

5. Dry Lake, Clark County, South Dakota

6. Coralville Reservoir, Johnson County, Iowa

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