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	Common Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper Profile, Facts, Information, Photos, Pictures, Sounds, Habitats, Reports, News - ...
		Sandpipers are familiar birds that are often seen running near the water's edge on beaches and tidal mud flats.
		The common sandpiper is a migrator, but it frequents similar habitats year-round.
		Common sandpipers are small to medium sized birds, but they have relatively long legs that they put to good use.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /animals/birds/common-sandpiper.html (266 words)

	SANDPIPER - LoveToKnow Article on SANDPIPER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This section comprehends three species only, known as Phalaropes or swimming sandpipers, which are distinguished by the membranes that fringe their toes, in two of the species forming marginal lobes,i and by the character of their lower plumage, which is as close as that of a duck.
		This sandpiper is characterized by its dark upper plumage, which contrasts strongly with the white of the lower part of the back and gives the bird as it flies much the look of a very large house-martin.
		The so-called wood-sandpiper, T. glareola, which, though much less common, is known to have bred in England, has a considerable resemblance to the species last mentioned, but can be distinguished by the feathers of the axillary plume being white barred with greyish-fl, while in the green sandpiper they are greyish-fl barred with white.
	7.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SANDPIPER.htm (2503 words)

	common sandpiper (actitis hypoleucos): info fact sheet, photos
		Common Sandpipers are easily identified by their habit of "teetering": constantly bobbing head and tail while on the ground, particularly when feeding.
		Common Sandpipers appears to be the least specialised and eat a wide variety of prey: from minute invertebrates to crustacea, worms, insects, spiders, centipedes.
		Common Sandpipers are abundant but typically feed alone or in pairs, avoiding areas where other more gregarious species feed.
	www.naturia.per.sg /buloh/birds/Actitis_hypoleaucos.htm (769 words)

	sandpiper - definition by dict.die.net
		Note: The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the red-backed, or fl-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin (T.
		canutus); the semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover.
		Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe.
	dict.die.net /sandpiper (156 words)

	Actitis hypoleucos
		The plumage of the Common Sandpiper is a dull, uniform brown above.
		Diagnostically, the smudgy brown pattern on the breast doesn't extend as far down as the wings so there is always a loop of white in front of the bend of the wing.
		A common breeding bird in most of Europe and one of the commonest passage visitors to wetland areas throughout the Continent.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Actitis_hypoleucos.htm (227 words)

	Actitis hypoleucos - Common Sandpiper
		A summer visitor to Wales, the common sandpiper breeds mainly in the hills.
		Sandpipers love small, clear streams and upland lakes where they can feed on freshwater shrimps and other crustaceans, insect larvae and worms.
		As soon as their down is dry after hatching, the young sandpipers run around and are able to feed themselves, although the adults will accompany them.
	www.first-nature.com /birds/actitis_hypoleucos.htm (93 words)

	Sightings July 2003
		A total of 8 Common Sandpiper was estimated on the Hengistbury side of the harbour, meaning a probable area number of 15 or so.
		On the second visit, the Common Sandpiper were still present along with 3 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Dunlin; 2 Whimbrel also flew south through the harbour.
		Also seen from Hengistbury were 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Gadwall in Barn Bight, while 2 Dunlin and 1 Greenshank were seen on the vast expanse of low tide mud.
	www.chog.org.uk /Sightings%20Archive/2003/July%202003.htm (2977 words)

	Definition of common
		21: The '''Common Quail''', ''Coturnix coturnix'', is from the phea...
		19: The ''' Common Shag ''' (''Phalacrocorax aristotelis'') is a mem...
		18: The '''Common Guillemot''', known as the '''Common Murre''' in North America, ''Uria aalge'', is a l...
	www.wordiq.com /dictionary/common.html (607 words)

	sandpiper on Encyclopedia.com
		Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all sorts of small invertebrates.
		Among the North American sandpipers are the spotted and solitary sandpipers, found by streams; the Baird's, least, semipalmated, western, and white-rumped sandpipers, collectively called “peeps” ; the red-backed sandpiper, or dunlin, and the greater and lesser yellow-legs, the willet, the knot, and the sanderling.
		Sandpipers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Scolopacidae.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s1/sandpipe.asp (519 words)

	* Sandpiper - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The wood sandpiper is a medium-sized wading bird, with a fine straight bill, yellowish legs and a conspicuous long white stripe from the bill over the eye to the back of the neck...
		Occurs as a common spring and fall migrant on mudflats by lakes and ponds...
		Last updated 3/19/96 The White-rumped Sandpiper is a common spring migrant in the last half of May on the UTC...
	www.bestknows.com /bird/sandpiper.html (690 words)

	* Sandpiper - (Animals): Definition
		common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the and the...
		The common sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos is a small graceful bird about 18 cm/7 in long with a short tail.
		Fairly common in winter, common in spring and fall, occasional in early summer, and uncommon in late summer in Gulf Coast region...
	en.mimi.hu /animals/sandpiper.html (243 words)

	Birds
		The Common Sandpiper can be found in rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and the coast.
		Common Sandpipers make a series of trills, including a "tweetweetweee" sound, especially as the sun is going down.
		When standing, the Common Sandpiper has a strange habit of nodding its head and swaying its behind up and down, creating a seesaw motion.
	www.naturegrid.org.uk /biodiversity/birds/snipes.htm (185 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - sandpiper
		Sandpiper, common name applied to a family of about 80 species of shorebirds, and to several of the individual species.
		The location of the nesting grounds of Numenius tahitiensis, the bristle-thighed curlew, a member of the sandpiper family, remained a mystery to...
		The pectoral sandpiper has a rusty-brown back streaked with fl, a brown-streaked bib...
	encarta.msn.com /sandpiper.html (92 words)

	CVL BIRDING - July 2004
		A pair of Common Scoters and a Common Tern were on the main lake today, whilst Herriott's Pool held five Great Black-backed Gulls, a first-summer Yellow-legged Gull, three Oystercatchers and the drake Pochard x Tufted Duck.
		The first Common Gulls of the autumn were on Herriott's Pool today (an adult and three first-summers), as were a first-summer Yellow-legged Gull, two Dunlin, a drake Wigeon and 16 Teal.
		A Common Sandpiper was on the main dam.
	www.cvlbirding.co.uk /logbook/2004july.html (1248 words)

	Sightings July 2002
		The Curlew Sandpiper was still present along with 4 Greenshank, 2 Knot and a Black-tailed Godwit, while over on the Hengistbury side 5 Common Sandpiper were in Barn Bight.
		In the harbour were 100+ Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Knot and 1 Whimbrel, along with 27 roosting Sandwich Tern.
		On Stanpit were 150+ Dunlin, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Common Sandpiper, 6 Ringed Plover, 2 Greenshank, 2 Knot and 1 Whimbrel, while Dartford Warbler was seen on Crouch Hil, juvenile Water Rail in Mother Siller's Channel and 3 Lesser Whitethroat in the North Scrubs.
	www.chog.org.uk /Sightings%20Archive/2002/July%202002.htm (1166 words)

	Terek Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This bird breeds near water in the taiga of Finland and northern Asia, and lays three or four eggs in a lined ground scrape.
		Terek Sandpiper feeds in a distinctive and very active way, chasing insects and other mobile prey, and sometimes then running to the water's edge to wash its catch.
		This bird is slightly larger than Common Sandpiper, and it is made very distinctive by its long upcurved bill.
	www.portaljuice.com /terek_sandpiper.html (147 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Semipalmated Sandpiper
		Semipalmated Sandpipers are by far the most common sandpiper in central and eastern Canada, particularly in late summer.
		Semipalmated Sandpipers are too small and defenceless to attack predators and instead rely on distraction displays to decoy them away from the nest area.
		Semipalmated Sandpipers that have been captured in mist nests, rocket or flip nets, or walk-in traps that are marked with numbered metal bands, coloured leg bands, leg "flags" (plastic bands that project slightly from the leg), or colour dyes.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=74 (2034 words)

	BIRDS OF INDIANA: Order Limicolæ. Shore Birds. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Migrant; in most localities rare, but very common in flocks on the shore of Lake Michigan in late summer and early autumn.
		Common migrant, most numerous northward, where they are summer residents in some numbers, and occasionally breed.
		Common summer resident, frequenting the banks and sandbars of streams.
	www.ulib.iupui.edu /butlerbirds/order07.html (1174 words)

	diary99
		Common Sandpiper, Heron, Kingfisher and 71 Mute Swan on Queenford.
		Common Sandpiper on Queenford and 2 Hobby's on Drayton Road.
		Most of the Terns have moved on though 2 common were still present on Queenford this evening together with 3 Common Sandpipers.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /thomas.stevenson/diary99.htm (1728 words)

	common sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos, is a small wader.
		Adults have short yellowish legs and a bill with a pale base and dark tip.
		They are very similar to their closely related American counterpart, the slightly larger Spotted Sandpiper, A.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Common_Sandpiper.html (173 words)

	Waders in the United Arab Emirates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Marsh Sandpiper is only three-quarters the size of a Greenshank and the best recognition feature in flight is the strong contrast between the white rump and the uniform dark upper surfaces of the wings.
		The Common Sandpiper is a small (20 cms long) brownish wader which breeds throughout most of the northern hemisphere.
		The Common Sandpiper is easiest to recognise by its flickering flight, usually low over the water, as it flies with hesitant wing beats and glides for short periods with the wings held bowed downwards at the bottom of the downstroke.
	www.enhg.org /b/b04/04_07.htm (4909 words)

	Recent sightings at Chard Reservoir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Green Sandpiper was on the shore by Jim's field and difficult to spot without a telescope (which I didn't have today).
		The Common Sandpipers match the mud colour very well and are also difficult to spot.
		The Common Sandpipers are the first waders of the reverse migration.
	www.chardres.totalserve.co.uk /jan2aug2001.html (783 words)

	Wildlife - Common Sandpiper
		Common nesting species to N and W, invariably seen near river or lake margins.
		Summer visitor to breeding range, seen mainly from April to August.
		Flies on bowed, fluttering wings and seldom seen flying more than a few feet above water.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_common_sandpiper.html (100 words)

	Almaden Valley Bird Sightings, 1998 - 1999
		A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was in marsh vegetation bordering the lake.
		COMMON MERGANSERS, COMMON MOORHENS, and THAYER'S GULLS were seen near the creek inflow at the lake—John Mariani.
		The bird was perched on a fence-post on the north side of the reservoir between the two dam structures.
	home.att.net /~redknot/archive1999.html (9333 words)

	BISON Species Account 041670 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Spotted sandpipers summer locally in the north and west and are considered rare to fairly common.
		The spotted sandpiper was listed as a rare transient (spring and fall) in the Sandia and Manzanita Mountains, within the Cibola National Forest (Bernalillo County) (Schwarz, 1995) 57.
		In San Juan County, it is common in summer as a breeder as well as in spring and fall migration.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/041670.htm (2250 words)

	Natural Born Birder - Stag Rocks, Bamburgh - Common Sandpiper
		Natural Born Birder - Stag Rocks, Bamburgh - Common Sandpiper
		Common Sandpiper are regular passage migrants in both spring and autumn.
		They favour the area of rocks immediately north of the lighthouse and are not seen on the beaches.
	www.naturalbornbirder.com /uk/SR_c_sand.php (78 words)

	BirdForum - Common Sandpiper??
		Adult summer Common Sand for me - maybe in moult since there seems to be a vestigial breast-spur.
		The barring on the upperparts is entirely typical and certainly doesn't show Temminck's characteristic patchy mixture of dark and light feathers.
		Part of the problem is the quality of the picture - there seems to be some sort of obstruction in the foreground that has blurred to white, and it disguises the area between wing and breast.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=21396 (475 words)

	Common Sandpiper
		On the opposite side of the road from the loch the ground rose to form an embankment and this was apparently a much favoured nest site location for the local sandpipers.
		The sandpipers were easily disturbed by traffic and would often fly down to the loch whenever a car passed by.
		After they had settled they would fly up to the side of the road then walk across the road and up the embankment to their nests.
	www.scottish-birds.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /common_sandpiper.htm (175 words)

	BirdForum - Pec,Common or just plain old Green ?? ID please
		What I always look for when looking at sandpipers, is a white gap between wings and breast when on the ground,It is easily visable on a Common Sandpiper.Other sandpipers do not have this gap to my knowledge.The Common sandpiper always has a somewhat stocky half crouched appearance when feeding.
		The Green Sandpiper seems more rangier, with a darker plumage above compared to the brown Common Sandpiper.The gap between wing and breast is non-existant.When it comes to Pectoral and other Sandpipers I would leave it to the more expert birders on this forum as I have yet to see them for myself in the flesh.
		It also looks a bit dark and flish for a Common, although this can be a bit harder to judge with a bird on its own.
	www.birdforum.net /printthread.php?t=8811 (497 words)

	August 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A Green Sandpiper was trapped in the Vaadal.
		A Wryneck, Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler and 4 Red-backed Shrikes were all new and a Wood Sandpiper was trapped in the Vaadal.
		Birds of the day were a Pectoral Sandpiper on Easter Lother, 2 Wrynecks (earliest autumn records - one trapped, one at Midway), 2 Icterine Warblers (one trapped, one at Gunnawark) and a Barred Warbler.
	www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk /Sightings/2004/august_2004.htm (1697 words)

	Spotted sandpiper Identification tips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Solitary Sandpiper is larger and has a bold eyering, no wing stripe, white-spotted upperparts and a different flight style.
		The Eurasian Common Sandpiper, a rare migrant, is very similar to basic and juvenile-plumaged Spotted Sandpipers.
		The Spotted Sandpiper has a shorter tail, shorter white wing stripe, more barred wing coverts and, as a juvenile, tertials that are marked with buff only at the tip.
	www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov /id/htmid/h2630id.html (137 words)

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