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	Least Sandpiper
		Least Sandpiper: Breeds across the northern parts of continental North America from Alaska to Labrador and, in the east, south to Nova Scotia and, recently, Massachusetts.
		Least Sandpiper: Four pinkish-buff eggs with brown spotting are laid in a depression on the ground lined with grasses and moss.
		Least Sandpiper: It is most likely to be confused with the Semipalmated Sandpiper, which is slightly larger and has a grayish rather than brownish cast to its upperparts.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/429/_/Least_Sandpiper.aspx (701 words)

	Least Sandpiper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, is the smallest shorebird.
		This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds; these are known collectively as "peeps" or "stints".
		In particular, Least Sandpiper is very similar to its Asian counterpart, Long-toed Stint.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Least_Sandpiper (239 words)

	Least Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adult alternate: The head of the Least Sandpiper is brown with a dark colored plumage and brown edges on its wing feathers.
		The Least Sandpipers breed in bogs and marshes with open areas and they build their nests in a hollow or a mere depression on the dry ground near water in the tundra in Central Alaska and across Northern Canada.
		The mature Least Sandpipers migrate north in July and the younger birds in August and September.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/110322 (650 words)

	Least Sandpiper Habitat Model
		Least sandpipers breed in the subarctic tundra and boreal forest of North America, as well as coastal habitats in Nova Scotia (Cooper 1994).
		Least sandpipers winter across the southern U.S. and broadly through the northern half of South America (Cooper 1994).
		Least sandpipers use inland areas during migration more often than most shorebirds; these include muddy margins of lakes, ponds, sloughs, ditches, marshes, wet meadows, or flooded agricultural fields (Cooper 1994, Degraaf and Rappole 1995).
	www.fws.gov /r5gomp/gom/habitatstudy/metadata/least_sandpiper_model.htm (544 words)

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		On Least Sandpiper the middle toes, tarsus and bill lengths are about the same, whereas on Long-toed Stint the middle toe is usually longer than the tarsus and always obviously longer than the bill.
		On Least Sandpiper the dark ear-covert patch is separated from the dark eye-stripe by a small pale patch (not in Long-toed Stint).
		Least Sandpiper has narrower and less rufous fringes on tertials and some innerwing-coverts than Long-toed Stint, this species has a head pattern and breast-streaking similar to juvenile birds.
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /XPeepid2.htm (4403 words)

	Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The unwary Least Sandpiper is common in mossy or wet habitats, such as mudflats, low, grassy arctic tundra, marshes and bogs.
		Least Sandpipers wheel in flight with extremely rapid wingbeats, "zig-zagging" across the sky.
		Nests: Least Sandpipers build their nests in shallow depressions or scrapes in sphagnum bogs, marshes, or dry, upland habitat.
	greennature.com /article1624.html (383 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Scolopacidae - Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
		Similar Species: The Least Sandpiper can usually be easily separated from the other small sandpipers because of its yellow to yellow-green legs.
		Habitat: The Least Sandpiper is found in bogs, marshes, small ponds, and mudflats.
		Behavior: The Least Sandpiper is one of the tamest of the shorebirds.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/sandpipe/Cminut.htm (260 words)

	Birds - Least Sandpiper
		Flocks of these mites of sandpipers, often travelling with their semipalmated cousins, whose popular names are indiscriminately applied to them also, come out of the far north just as early as the young are able to make the long journey.
		Chicks that in June leave the drab or yellowish eggs thickly spotted with chestnut brown, run from the mossy ground-nest at once; and in July, when family parties begin to congregate in Labrador, join the whirling companies of adults in many a preliminary wing drill before descending to the States.
		Startle them and they gather into a mass, whirling about, showing their backs as well as their under parts, and with much shrill peeping; but their easily restored confidence soon returns, and they again alight on the good feeding ground, though it may not be a rod away.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/birds-216.shtml (544 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The delicate Least Sandpiper is the world’s smallest shorebird.
		Least Sandpipers breed from the northern boreal forest to the sub-Arctic tundra.
		Least Sandpipers migrate across North America and winter from the southern United States into northern South America.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=169 (975 words)

	Mount Rainier National Park (Nature Notes) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This sandpiper was much smaller than the Western Solitary Sandpiper or the Spotted Sandpiper, both of which are fairly common in the park.
		The Least Sandpiper is not easily separated from its Western Sandpiper or the Semipalmated but slightly smaller than either.
		The smaller sandpipers are often called Peeps, and although shore birds, often migrate through the interior as well as along the coast.
	www.nps.gov /mora/notes/vol6-2b.htm (294 words)

	Birds and All Nature: The Least Sandpiper
		The Sandpiper's nest is placed on the ground in a slight depression, scantily lined with leaves and grasses.
		The Least Sandpiper is always found associated with the Semi-palmated Sandpiper, which in the later summer throng our shores and form staple sport to the youthful and city tyros.
		The fl and white outlines which are often seen of this bird make it possible, perhaps, to recognize it, but the perfect likeness which we present will enable the observer to distinguish it at a glance from all others of the family, of which there are about a dozen well-known species.
	www.birdnature.com /aug1898/sandpiper.html (427 words)

	An odd Calidrine (Least Sandpiper?) from Conneaut Harbor, Ohio - 30 July 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This small calidrid was observed foraging in the company of two normal appearing adult Least Sandpipers.
		This individual was decidely different from anything else on the mudflats (130+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, 19 Least Sandpipers) and could be picked out at any time from 100 yards without the need for much of a search.
		Below is a typical adult Least Sandpiper photographed on the same mudflat a week earlier using the same film, and camera equipment.
	www.aves.net /rarities/oddpeep.htm (255 words)

	Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The latter site has been used since at least 1919, when Jackson (1942) found "a dozen or more." Green and Janssen (1975) considered the upland sandpiper "very scarce" in Pine County.
		At Crex Meadows, Burnett County, one western sandpiper was observed on 15 and 21 August 1955, and on 12 October 1974.
		Habitat: Pectoral sandpipers use a variety of wetland habitats including temporarily flooded, Northern Sedge Meadow, Shrub Carr, exposed muddy edges of seasonally flooded wetlands and man-made impoundments, and St. Croix River islands.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/1998/stcroix/scolopac.htm (2659 words)

	B-Mail(sm): RI-RBA for August 2004
		An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on the turf fields along Switch Road in Richmond on the 15th.
		A STILT SANDPIPER was seen at the Third Beach Saltmarsh restoration in Middletown on the 14th.
		WHIMBRELS were seen in several areas this week: one on the 12th behind Capt. Jack's Restaurant in Jerusalem, on the 14th, one was photographed in a grassy field in Exeter, and one was seen on the beach at Brigg's Beach in Little Compton on the 19th.
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/rirba/200408 (1357 words)

	Current Events: Recent Refuge Bird Sightings
		Least Sandpiper (500+): 180 counted on one island.
		LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER could be found in the salt pans in small numbers.
		For some reason the water was alive with Common Loons and Horned Grebes (at least 20 loons and 30 grebes), with 2 Red-throated Loons, and the usual assortment of sea ducks.
	www.fws.gov /northeast/parkerriver/birdnews (2392 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		Our smallest "peep," the Least Sandpiper is a common and relatively tame bird on inland mudflats and wet grassy areas.
		With their yellowish legs, they look like miniature Pectoral Sandpipers; like Pectorals, they prefer grassy areas to the more open flats frequented by most shorebirds.
		As might be expected of an inland bird it feeds heavily on insects, but when it feeds along the coast its diet is like that of the other "peeps"--the Western, Semipalmated, White-rumped (Calidris fuscicollis), and Baird's sandpipers--and includes crustaceans, mollusks, and marine worms.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0219 (124 words)

	BirdForum - I think it's a Least Sandpiper, but...???
		It looks to me to be a Least Sandpiper but I'm no shorebird expert.
		I think it could well be a Least Sandpiper.
		The odd mixture of feathers is due to the bird moulting from adult summer to winter plumage,and yes,it's a Least Sandpiper.No other regular North American 'peep' has yellowish legs(larger Calidrids such as Pectoral Sandpiper and Stilt Sandpiper do,but Least is a far smaller bird).
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=19653 (643 words)

	Least Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Least Sandpipers on Vancouver Island BC - 2003.
		Least Sandpiper at Queen's Park, Oak Bay BC - August 14, 2003.
		Least Sandpipers in flight off Queen's Park, Oak Bay BC - August 14, 2003.
	www.birdinfo.com /LeastSandpiper_2003.html (73 words)

	Least Sandpiper - Buck Creek State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the mudflats at the north end of the reservoir we found a Least Sandpiper.
		A few minutes later we saw a Pectoral Sandpiper and later a flock of about 17 Pectoral Sandpipers flew by.
		There were over 100 Red-breasted Mergansers at the reservoir today but otherwise duck numbers were low.
	lists.envirolink.org /pipermail/ohio-birds/2004-March/002778.html (105 words)

	Least Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This bird is the smallest of all the sandpipers and prefers to feed on insects, crustaceans, mollusks, and marine worms.
		Black back feathers and wing coverts with brown edges.
		Click on an image to see the larger version.
	www.bird-friends.com /BirdPage.php?name=Least+Sandpiper (108 words)

	Least Sandpiper - Richard Ditch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Commentary: Least Sandpipers are a common migrant in AZ, but finding suitable places to photograph them is a challenge.
		Locations are either barren, or don't allow for a close approach.
		The full frame contains a complete reflection of the sandpiper's head, but I prefer this cropped version that has a lower feel to it.
	home.earthlink.net /~richditch3/lsandpiper3.htm (118 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But there was a Least Tern (rare for the ATL area) seen between 10 AM and 3 PM on 8/12 with three Black Terns.
		It was in Pond D, behind the pump station as you enter (directions at end).
		Also at Huie this weekend were 1 Little Blue Heron, 40 Great Egrets, 1 Snowy Egret, plus various shorebirds: Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper and Spotted Sandpipers.
	www.gos.org /rbas/ga1996/rbas/rbaga960812.txt (159 words)

	Least Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Least Sandpiper is the smallest of the shorebirds, but its size is not a deterrent to its migratory feats.
		Like most other North American 'peeps'-a term used to group the nearly indistinguishable Calidris sandpipers-the yellow-legged Least Sandpiper migrates between the Arctic and the southern tip of South America.
		Because arctic summers are so short, shorebirds must maximize their breeding time.
	www.birdguide.com /brdpgs/242.htm (246 words)

	Ornithological Field Notes: 8 August 2001 - Western Basin of Lake Erie in Ohio
		And don't miss the private wetland across the road - this is Darr Memorial Wetlands - two Snowy Egrets present there yesterday.
		A few gray flecks on the back were evident and, remarkably, a perfectly formed fl belly patch was present.
		Pectoral Sandpiper - 930+ Ruddy Turnstone - 4 Sanderling - 1 (adult retaining 50% alternate plumage) Short-billed Dowitcher - 91 Long-billed Dowitcher - 4 (adults retaining alternate plumage) Stilt Sandpiper - 27
	www.aves.net /archives/WB-8Aug.htm (829 words)

	IV Birds - Least Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ompare to our other local "peeps" - the Western Sandpiper, the Dunlin and Semipalmated Sandpiper.
		Color Plate images - Six similar species of shorebirds are displayed for comparison by the "Birds of Nova Scotia" Web site, including the Least Sandpiper.
		Least Sandpiper Article - Informative Web page from Greg Gillson's "Article Archive" site which reproduces his previous work with the Northwest Bird Watcher newsletter.
	www.imperial.cc.ca.us /birds/l-sandp.htm (153 words)

	Least Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The organic debris that washes up on Montrose Beach in the fall is a magnet for migrating shorebirds, like this very bright juvenal Least Sandpiper.
		Note: Montrose Beach, unlike most other Chicago beaches, runs perpendicular to the lakeshore.
		This accumulated "gunk" is what shorebirds find so irresistable.
	members.aol.com /rjaebob/Least.html (70 words)

	Least Sandpiper - South Dakota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The smallest of the "peeps", the group of tiny sandpipers that migrate through the state.
		The most common of the tiny sandpipers to migrate through the state, a primary identification key are the pale yellow legs.
		1) USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter, Least Sandpiper
	huskertsd.tripod.com /species/least_sandpiper.htm (110 words)

	Least Sandpiper photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Above: Least Sandpiper: 3 October 2004, Fernhill Wetlands, Forest Grove, Oregon
		Above: Least Sandpiper: 18 August 2004, Fernhill Wetlands, Forest Grove, Oregon
		Above: Least Sandpiper: 7 August 2004, Fernhill Wetlands, Forest Grove, Oregon
	thebirdguide.com /digiscoping/photos/least_sandpiper.htm (66 words)

	Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Least Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Least Sandpiper
		World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Least Sandpiper
		Select thumbnail to view larger image - Place cursor over image for image information
	www.mangoverde.com /birdsound/spec/spec62-71.html (50 words)

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