Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)

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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 Scolopacidae

Body Size: Medium
Foraging Guild: Terrestrial/aquatic gleaner/prober
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - wet to 4 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Intermediate
Migration Pattern: Widespread
Dispersion: Broadly dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 25 spring and 32 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

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

1. Layton Marsh, Great Salt Lake, Utah

2. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

3. Bolivar Flats, Galveston Island, Texas

4. Sewage lagoons, Minot, North Dakota

5. Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

6. Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

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