Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
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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 Charadriidae

Body Size: Small
Foraging Guild: Terrestrial/aquatic gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - dry to 3 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Short
Migration Pattern: Not assigned
Dispersion: Moderately dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 5 spring and 4 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

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

1. Padre Island National Seashore, Texas

2. San Luis Pass, Galveston Island, Texas

3. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

4. Bolivar Flats, Galveston Island, Texas

5. Matagorda National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

6. Airport, Port Aransas, Texas
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