Willet (Catoptrophorus 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 Scolopacidae

Body Size: Large
Foraging Guild: Aquatic gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - dry to 10 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Short
Migration Pattern: Widespread
Dispersion: Broadly dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 19 spring and 10 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

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

1. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

2. Bolivar Flats, Galveston Island, Texas

3. Great Salt Lake area, Utah

4. Padre Island National Seashore, Texas

5. South Padre Island, Texas

6. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

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