Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
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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 5 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Intermediate
Migration Pattern: Crossband
Dispersion: Moderately dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 7 spring and 9 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

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

1. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

2. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

3. Carson Lake, Nevada

4. Great Salt Lake area, Utah

5. Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

6. Bolivar Flats, Galveston Island, Texas

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