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A Shorebird Lover’s Paradise at the Salton Sea

Audubon California
Conducting community science during a glorious spring migration for the Intermountain West Shorebird Survey.
7 months ago

Biofilm is on the Kids’ Menu, and Other Lessons from the Western Sandpipers of San Francisco Bay

USGS (.gov)
USGS scientists are studying what western sandpipers in San Francisco Bay eat to fuel up for their migration. This research can inform...
45 months ago

Meet The Smallest Sandpipers of the San Francisco Bay

Bay Nature
The aptly named least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is sparrow-size and weighs about three-quarters of an ounce (equal to a dollar in quarters).
144 months ago

Tracking trouble in the Arctic

Nature
Many shorebird populations are declining steeply around the globe, and those that nest in the Arctic are among the hardest hit.
88 months ago

Danger, risk and anti-predator behavior in the life history of long-distance migratory sandpipers

Wiley Online Library
Two recent and independent studies both estimate substantially lower survival rates of semipalmated Calidris pusilla than of western C. mauri sandpipers.
32 months ago

How changes at the Salton Sea might be fueling the smallest migrants

Audubon California
Our latest study shows how biofilm may be providing the biofuel that migratory shorebirds need.
6 months ago

Rarity finders: Western Sandpiper at Tacumshin

BirdGuides
Paul Kelly discovered Ireland's fifth Western Sandpiper as part of an astonishing run of quality shorebirds at Co Wexford's birding...
101 months ago

Western Snowy Plovers in California

Audubon California
A small, rare, and threatened shorebird that makes its home on certain beaches on the Pacific coast.
68 months ago

Rarity finders: Western Sandpiper in Norfolk

BirdGuides
Searching the masses of waders at Snettisham proved fruitful for Chris Kelly, who discovered a mega North American shorebird.
41 months ago