Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

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Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Charadriidae

Body Size: Small
Foraging Guild: Terrestrial/aquatic gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - wet to 3 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Intermediate
Migration Pattern: Narrow band
Dispersion: Broadly dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 13 spring and 11 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

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

1. Chambers County, Texas

2. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

3. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

4. Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

5. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

6. Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan

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