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	Pectoral Sandpiper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader.
		On migration and in winter, the Pectoral Sandpiper is typically found in fresh water habitats.
		While Pectoral Sandpiper has not been recorded as breeding species in Europe, it has been found in Scotland in suitable breeding habitat in summer (Alan Vittery, 1997, The Birds of Sutherland).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pectoral_Sandpiper (298 words)

	BiRDZiLLA: Pectoral Sandpiper
		The pectoral sandpiper usually chooses for Its homesite the upland rolling tundra, but an occasional isolated pair was found on the dry grass lands of the tide fiats.
		The eggs of the pectoral sandpiper are of particular interest because they are perhaps the most beautiful of the many handsome shore-bird eggs that are found in the Hooper Bay region.
		Pectoral sandpipers feed mainly in grassy meadows, more or less dry, and their food is chiefly insects.
	www.birdzilla.com /omnibus.asp?strType=Bent&strTitle=Pectoral+Sandpiper&strURL=pectoral_sandpiper.htm (4392 words)

	Ballona Wetlands and Del Rey Marshes in 1923: Ralph Hoffmann and L.E. Wyman visit the Ballona Wetlands to find the ...
		The Pectoral Sandpiper is a rare migratory bird on the Pacific coast of California.
		This sandpiper occurs in southern California primarily during its southward migration from northern Alaska and Canada's arctic tundra to South America on the Pacific Migratory Pathway.
		It would appear that the Pectoral Sandpiper when it leaves South America in their summer-fall (February-March), it is very sure in its migration to stay in the Mississipi River valley as it heads north to Alaska and Canada.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Gorge/5604/wymanbirds1924lamuseum.htm (1028 words)

	Pectoral Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pectoral Sandpiper: The Pectoral Sandpiper breeds on the arctic tundra of North America (from Alaska to Hudson Bay) and Siberia but almost all winter in South America.
		Pectoral Sandpiper: Usually four whitish or buff eggs spotted with brown are laid in a cup of grass and leaves hidden on ground.
		Pectoral Sandpiper: Pectoral Sandpiper is distinguished from other sandpipers by its broad and strongly striped buff breast band.
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/493/target.aspx (485 words)

	Define pectoral sandpiper : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		[1913 Webster] Pectoral arch, or Pectoral girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle.
		Pectoral cross (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons.
		Pectoral fins, or Pectorals (Zool.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills.
	www.indictionary.com /define/pectoral_sandpiper (351 words)

	Ecology: Models And Reality: Time-Energy Trade-Offs In Pectoral Sandpiper Migration - Calidris Melanotos
		Pectoral Sandpipers migrate through the midcontinent of North America enroute from their wintering grounds in the Neotropics to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
		During spring migration, Pectoral Sandpipers pace themselves to arrive on the breeding grounds within the small window of time when conditions are suitable for successful reproduction.
		Pectoral Sandpipers feed in a variety of migration habitats.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2120/is_8_80/ai_58517871 (1318 words)

	Juv Pectoral Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I was aware that two Pectoral Sandpipers had been seen briefly at Stocks Reservoir the previous day, and with this in mind, my visit had an extra dose of anticipation.
		I raced to a position where the light was better and was able to confirm that the bird was indeed a Pectoral Sandpiper in juvenile plumage.
		The pectoral band was strikingly well defined and formed a light 'v' at the centre.
	www.eastlancashirebirding.net /pecbrockquarrysept03.htm (502 words)

	Birds - Pectoral Sandpiper
		Eggs brought to the Smithsonian Institution from tufts of grass in meadows at the delta of the Yukon are greenish drab, spotted and blotched with umber.
		The White-rumped, Schinz's, or Bonaparte's Sandpiper (Tringa fuscicollis), scarcely over seven inches long, looks like a smaller copy of the preceding species, although on close scrutiny we note that its central tail feathers are not long and sharply pointed, and that its longer upper tail coverts are white instead of flish.
		Baird's Sandpiper (Tringa bairdii), far more common in the interior than on the Atlantic coast, closely resembles the whiterumped species in size and plumage, and may be distinguished from it " by the fuscous instead of white middle upper tail-coverts," says Mr.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/birds-215.shtml (776 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Described as a larger version of a Least Sandpiper, the Pectoral Sandpiper is a medium-sized shorebird with a heavily streaked breast, sharply contrasting clear, white belly, and yellowish legs.
		Pectoral Sandpipers move along steadily with their heads down, picking up prey on the surface and probing lightly into the sand or mud.
		Pectoral Sandpipers are promiscuous: males mate with multiple females, and females mate with multiple males.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=172 (784 words)

	The Pectoral Sandpiper
		This Sandpiper is not uncommon along the shores of our Eastern States in autumn and winter.
		In some instances solitary individuals have been killed in the marshes of Charles river, in Cambridge, about the 22nd of July; these were in company with flocks of small Sandpipers (T. Wilsonii), but whether pairs may perhaps breed in the neighbouring marshes or not, we have not had the means of ascertaining.
		I have observed that the flight of the Pectoral Sandpiper resembles that of the Knot, and is firm, rapid, and well sustained.
	www.audubon.org /bird/boa/F36_G1c.html (659 words)

	British Birds - Pectoral Sandpipers in Europe: vagrancy patterns and the influx of 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pectoral Sandpipers in Europe: vagrancy patterns and the influx of 2003
		Unprecedented numbers of Pectoral Sandpipers [Calidris melanotos] were reported in Britain & Ireland during autumn 2003, and to a lesser extent throughout the rest of Europe as well.
		It is suggested that the routes and wintering grounds used by Pectoral Sandpipers are more dynamic than was previously acknowledged.
	www.eurobirding.com /artinfo.asp?id=7797 (142 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Scolopacidae - Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
		Habitat: The Pectoral Sandpiper breeds on the tundra.
		Behavior: The Pectoral Sandpiper is another in a large group of long distance migrators, traveling between the far northern and southern South America and back again during the year.
		The eggs are laid in a ground depression in boggy tundra.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/sandpipe/Cmelano.htm (232 words)

	B-Mail(sm): ID-FRONTIERS for September 1-8, 2001
		Fresh juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers are appearing all over North America and it would be interesting to hear further comments on the issues of wing projection, size and bill shape raised by the Japanese bird.
		Recently, Pectoral Sandpipers have been discovered breeding in areas farther west than previously recorded, so it is possible that recent changes in the breeding grounds of Pectorals might be responsible for the appearance of the mystery bird.
		The pattern on the body is similar to juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper; the spots on the breast are not prominent.
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/idfrontiers/200109/w1 (2961 words)

	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata, is a small wader.
		This bird is similar to its relative, the Pectoral Sandpiper, within whose Asian range it breeds.
		These birds forage on grasslands and mudflats, like the Pectoral Sandpiper, picking up food by sight, sometimes by probing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sharp-tailed_Sandpiper (217 words)

	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in New York
		The next morning it was relocated with up to 50 Pectoral Sandpipers and appeared off and on during the day.
		It is very similar to a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper but can be picked out by its brighter red cap and brighter white supercilium which extends further back on the head than it does on most (but not all) Pectorals.
		The breast is orangy buff, much brighter than on the Pectorals and, as on the Pec's, it is sharply demarcated from the white belly and undertail coverts.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /NYSharpTSand.html (386 words)

	PECTORAL - Definition
		Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
		Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
		{Pectoral arch}, or {Pectoral girdle} (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/pectoral (191 words)

	All About Birds
		A medium-sized, chunky shorebird, the Pectoral Sandpiper is found most commonly on mudflats with short grass or weedy vegetation and seems more at home in the grass than in the water.
		The breeding male Pectoral Sandpiper has an inflatable throat sac, which expands and contracts rhythmically during display flights.
		The accompanying vocalization consists of a series of hollow hoots, and is one of the most unusual sounds heard in summer on the arctic tundra.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Pectoral_Sandpiper_dtl.html (269 words)

	Birds and All Nature: The Pectoral Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Of the Pectoral Sandpiper's nesting habits, little has been known until recently.
		Nelson's interesting description, in his report upon "Natural History Collections in Alaska," we quote as follows: "The night of May 24, 1889, I lay wrapped in my blanket, and from the raised flap of the tent looked out over as dreary a cloud-covered landscape as can be imagined.
		Standing in the thin grass ten or fifteen yards from me, with its throat inflated until it was as large as the rest of the bird, was a male Pectoral Sandpiper.
	www.birdnature.com /sep1898/sandpiper.html (415 words)

	Pectoral Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Pectoral Sandpiper is one of the few sandpiper species that shows sexual dimorphism: the females are only two-thirds the size of the males.
		When a predator approaches, this sandpiper frequently inflates the air sacks in its neck in alarm, raising its feathers.
		The common name 'pectoral' refers to the location of the male's prominent air sacs on the breast.
	www.birdguide.com /brdpgs/239.htm (194 words)

	phorum - IDFrontiers - Re: [BIRDWG01] Possible Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pectoral in September unless the bird is in your hand.
		Sandpipers is not as white as that of juvenile Sharp-tails.
		> Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and inconsistent with Pectoral Sandpiper.
	www.surfbirds.com /phorum/read.php?f=51&t=1601&a=2 (5723 words)

	Birding Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos was an extreme rarity prior to 1980, but then became very regular (especially after 1985).
		Nearly all the spring records come from the eastern part of the country with the first spring record for the western part in May 2002, but nearly all autumn records are from the south-west.
		The first record is a very strange one, a juvenile collected in December 1909 at Mánáreyjar, small islands (with no sandpiper habitat!) in NE-Iceland.
	www.hi.is /~yannk/status_calmel.html (191 words)

	Terrestrial Birds - Pectoral Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The pectoral sandpiper breeds from Churchill, along the Arctic coast to Alaska and north to Devon Island in the High Arctic.
		The nest of the pectoral sandpiper is built out of a depression in the ground and lined with grass.
		The pectoral sandpiper feeds mainly by probing the ground, but also picks food items off the surface when they are available.
	www.arctic.uoguelph.ca /cpl/organisms/birds/Terrestrial/sandpiper/pectSandp.htm (281 words)

	Extremes within a Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In winter, all members of the Sandpiper family are remarkably similar in their behavior; most move about in great flocks and migrate enormous distances.
		A male Pectoral Sandpiper displays at virtually anything entering its territory that remotely resembles a female.
		Moreover, the Pectoral male is a bully who never ceases in its amorous advances to females, regardless of whether they are receptive or not.
	www.paulnoll.com /Oregon/Birds/courtship-extremes.html (392 words)

	Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper at Champion Moor Flood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As I drove through Houghton, my mobile phone rang and Margaret Breaks informed me of a Wood Sandpiper, which was present at Champion Moor flood, which lies 3 miles south of Stocks Reservoir, on the southern edge of champion Moor.
		Size/jizz : This bird was smaller than either of the two other Pectoral Sandpipers that I have found during the year 2000, being only slightly larger than the Dunlin that frequented the flood during the same period.
		The pectoral band was strikingly well defined and formed a light 'v' at it's centre.
	www.eastlancashirebirding.nstemp.net /cmfjuvpecsept00.htm (653 words)

	B-Mail(sm): RI-RBA for August 2004
		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.
		On the 22nd, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER, 12 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were present on Switch Road in Richmond in the fields opposite and northeast of the high school.
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/rirba/200408 (1357 words)

	First Record of the Pectoral Sandpiper for Arizona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This reservoir, known on the Range as "Desert Tank" (altitude, 2900 feet), was well filled with water from the summer rains and we examined it with interest for possible water or shore bird migrants.
		Two sandpipers, busily feeding in the mud, were the only such birds present, and after a close-up study of them we had to admit that we were at a loss as to their absolute identity.
		They proved to be males, both young, of the Pectoral Sandpiper (Pisobia nenotos).
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v034n01/p0046-p0047.html (276 words)

	Bird Quiz Answer 13 ~ American Birding Association
		White-rumped Sandpipers, often show a pale base to their bills, but not as extensive as this individual.
		Structurally this bird looks perfect for a Pectoral Sandpiper, with a body that appears stockier and a neck that appears a bit longer than on, say, a Least Sandpiper.
		This adult Pectoral Sandpiper was photographed in April outside Concan, Texas.
	www.americanbirding.org /photoquiz/quizans13.html (546 words)

	Mike's Birding & Digiscoping Blog: Pectoral Sandpiper versus Earthworm
		Pectoral Sandpipers are among the first shorebird species to pass through Wisconsin during spring migration.
		By checking the Cornell Lab Species Account range map for Pectoral Sandpipers, you can see this little bird has a long way to go.
		This sandpiper is preparing for the next leg of its journey by resting and eating to keep those fat stores up for long distance migration.
	www.birddigiscoping.com /2005/04/pectoral-sandpiper-versus-earthworm.html (168 words)

	Pectoral Sandpiper Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Pectoral_Sandpiper (443 words)

	Online Dictionary for French English, Spanish English, Italian English, and more.
		Of or relating to the chest or thorax; "pectoral organ"; SYN: thoracic.
		American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting; SYN: jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos.
		Veins that drain the pectoral muscles and empty into the subclavian vein; SYN: vena pectoralis.
	www.ultralingua.net /index.html?action=define&text=pectoral&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english (199 words)

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