Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
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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: Small
Foraging Guild: Aquatic prober/gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - wet to 4 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Intermediate
Migration Pattern: Narrow band
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. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

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

3. Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan

4. Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

5. Dry Lake, Clark County, South Dakota

6. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

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