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Some sandpipers can migrate more than 8,000 miles without stopping!
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Returning from its pampas wintering grounds in Argentina, the Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda takes advantage of the nesting and feeding habitat that Kirwin NWR and adjacent private land prairie has to offer. A regular seasonal resident to this refuge in north-central Kansas, the Upland Sandpiper will perch on fenceposts. After flying to the perch, it will hold its wings briefly above its body in a motion that looks like a stretch. Credit: Tony Ifland / USFWS.
The global upland sandpiper population is estimated to number 750,000 mature individuals.
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sandpipers on Lake Superior
sandpipers on Lake Superior
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Sandpiper - Photo 4
Image of Common Sandpiper bird (Actitis hypoleucos) looking for food in the swamp on nature background. Bird. Animals.
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First-winter Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) on the Azores in late August. A scarce vagrant to western Europe.
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Sandpiper - Photo 6
Sandpiper on log in wetlands
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Sandpiper - Photo 7
Baby birds of the sandpiper on sand. Birds of Siberia.
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Western Sandpiper, Cattle Point, Uplands, Near Victoria, British Columbia
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Stilt sandpiper wading in shallow water with aquatic vegetation
Stilt sandpiper wading in shallow water with aquatic vegetation
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The nest of an upland sandpiper found in grassland of Sand Lake Wetland Management District. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS
Males use their feet to clear a space on the ground near dense vegetation, and females make a scrape and line the inside with grasses and leaves.
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