Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Table of Contents
 
Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
Table 1
Table 2
 
Figure 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 - dry to 3 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Intermediate
Migration Pattern: Jump
Dispersion: Moderately dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 6 spring and 4 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

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

1. Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan

2. Reflex Lakes, Alberta

3. Chaplin Lakes, Saskatchewan

4. Great Salt Lake area, Utah

5. Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan

6. Blaine Lakes, Saskatchewan

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