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	Hinterland Who's Who - Semipalmated Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	Semipalmated Sandpiper
		Semipalmated Sandpiper: Breeds in the lower Arctic, and in subarctic regions from western Alaska to Labrador.
		Semipalmated Sandpiper: Usually four buff or olive eggs spotted with reddish and gray-brown are laid in a ground hollow lined with grasses.
		Semipalmated Sandpiper: This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds, in particular the Western Sandpiper; these are known collectively as "peeps" or "stints".
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/427/target.aspx (454 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The semipalmated sandpiper is the second smallest of the ‘peep’ sandpipers, a group of small shorebirds that are very hard to distinguish from each other.
		Semipalmated sandpipers breed across Canada, from the treeline to the southern Arctic islands as well as along the coast of Labrador.
		Juvenile sandpipers are abandoned as early as 10 days of age, left to migrate southward on their own several weeks after the adults.
	www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca /birds/speciesacc/Arctic/Arc_Birds/Scolopacidae/C_pusilla.htm (348 words)

	All About Birds
		Semipalmated Sandpiper clutch collected Port Manvers, Labrador, June 1912; from collections of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
		An abundant small shorebird, the Semipalmated Sandpiper breeds in the Arctic and winters along the coasts of South America.
		Semipalmated Sandpipers from eastern populations probably undertake nonstop transoceanic flights of 3,000 - 4,000 km (1,900 - 2,500 mi) from New England and southern Canada to South America, powered by extensive fat reserves.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Semipalmated_Sandpiper_dtl.html (294 words)

	Western Sandpiper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri, is a very small shorebird.
		This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds, especially the Semipalmated Sandpiper.
		The Western Sandpiper acquires winter plumage much earlier in the autumn than the Semipalmated Sandpiper.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Sandpiper (243 words)

	Semipalmated Sandpiper -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		(Sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers) Scolopacidae
		The Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla is a very small (Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries) shorebird.
		Their breeding habitat is the southern tundra in (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada and (A state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union) Alaska near water.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/semipalmated_sandpiper.htm (341 words)

	Marine Birds - Semipalmated Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The semipalmated sandpiper can sometimes be distinguished from the least sandpiper by its bill, which is shorter and stouter.
		Semipalmated sandpipers breed across Canada, from the treeline to the southern Arctic islands.
		Juvenile sandpipers are abandoned as early as ten days of age, left to migrate southward on their own several weeks after the adults.
	www.arctic.uoguelph.ca /cpl/organisms/birds/marine/sandpiper/semipalm.htm (295 words)

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		Expansion at the bill tip is not noticeable and this is (usually) lacking in Western Sandpiper and Little Stint, but present in Red-necked Stint and Semipalmated Sandpiper, although it is hard to discern the exact pattern of the bill-tip in the photograph.
		In Semipalmated it is often said that the bill ends in a "blob" or widens at the tip, and although this is true in many cases it is not a 100% diagnostic feature.
		Semipalmated Sandpiper tends to show much more extensive dark centres to the coverts than Western Sandpiper and this may have indicated the species identity as a Semipalmated Sandpiper.
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /XKiiPeep2.htm (2071 words)

	* Sandpiper - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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...
		Last updated 3/19/96 The White-rumped Sandpiper is a common spring migrant in the last half of May on the UTC...
		It is often seen feeding on mud-flats and estuaries alongside Two-banded Plovers and White-rumped Sandpipers, but is equally at home further inland feeding on heath and grassland where it generally prefers to nest...
	www.bestknows.com /bird/sandpiper.html (690 words)

	BISON Species Account 041660 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NEW MEXICO Semipalmated sandpipers are occasional in spring migration in the east and are considered rare and local 13.
		Semipalmated sandpipers are rare migrants at the White Sands National Monument, in Dona Ana and Otero counties 22.
		Semipalmated sandpipers are very rare at the end of July, uncommon for the month of August, and are very rare for the beginning of September 32.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/041660.htm (801 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Semipalmated Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Semipalmated Sandpipers moult, or shed, their body feathers twice a year.
		Large flocks of sandpipers are a spectacular sight as they change direction together during flight, looking much like an aerial school of fish.
		In the late 1800s, when shorebirds were not protected by law from hunters, Semipalmated Sandpipers—although not as attractive to hunters as larger shorebirds—were considered good eating, and dozens could be killed with a single shot.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?cid=7&id=74 (2034 words)

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		Semipalmated Sandpipers also often show a slight kink near the bill tip (about three quarters of the way to the tip) but this can also be missing or not very obvious on some birds.
		It should also be remembered that the Western Sandpipers that are going to winter locally begin post-juvenal molt rapidly and can be into a basic plumage quite early in autumn, whereas those that migrate further (and this presumably could include those that visit Hawai'i) may have a longer moult period.
		Semipalmated Sandpiper tends to show much more extensive dark centres to the coverts than Western Sandpiper which usually exhibits only a fine dark streak in the feather centre, lacking the more extensive dark centre of Semipalmated.
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /XPeepid2.htm (4403 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Scolopacidae - Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
		The White-rumped Sandpiper is a larger species than the Semipalmated Sandpiper.
		Behavior: Like most sandpipers, these are the small shorebirds that run back and forth in front of the waves at the beach.
		The Semipalmated is probably the most common of the sandpipers and sometimes are seen in great numbers during migration.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/sandpipe/Cpusil.htm (331 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Scolopacidae - Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
		The summer plumage Semipalmated Sandpiper lacks the rusty brown crown and wing patches of the Western Sandpiper.
		Behavior: The Western Sandpiper is one more of the small shorebirds that follows the waves in and out at the beach.
		They are often found in the company of the Semipalmated Sandpiper as well as other sandpipers of the genus Calidris.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/sandpipe/Cmauri.htm (314 words)

	MTY miss07 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When a "Semipalmated Sandpiper" (a rare but regular fall vagrant) is reported, birders may look for a "short-billed" bird (like the front bird in the upper left photo) among "long-billed" Westerns (like the obvious Western in upper-right photo).
		But both are Western Sandpipers; females have decidedly longer bills than males (and some males are even shorter-billed than the one I show here).
		Semipalmated (lower right) was photographed by Linda Terrill at Imperial Beach, San Diego Co., on 10 Sep 1978.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/mtymiss07.html (445 words)

	Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
		The next shot shows a migrant Semipalmated Sandpiper along the Texas coast in Jefferson Co., in May, 2001.
		This image was shot with a Canon EOS 3 and EF 500mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender on Fuji Velvia.
		Bill shape and length are among the characters used to separate this species from the similar Western Sandpiper (C.
	www.greglasley.net /semipal.html (252 words)

	Bird Quiz Answer 17 ~ American Birding Association
		Pectoral and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, are longer necked and somewhat longer-billed with a paler base to the bill, more extensively marked on the underparts (Pectoral and adult Sharp-tailed) or much more extensively patterned with bright highlights (juvenile Sharp-tailed).
		Baird's Sandpiper has much stronger buff tones to the head, and the upperparts are scaly, with each feather showing white edging.
		The face pattern is also unlike a Semipalmated Sandpiper, which would show a paler supercilium that contrasts with the bird's darker auriculars.
	www.americanbirding.org /photoquiz/quizans17.html (942 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Semipalmated Sandpiper is a small shorebird in the group known as peeps or stints.
		In flight, the Semipalmated Sandpiper shows a white stripe down its wings and white on either side of its tail.
		Semipalmated Sandpipers breed in the Arctic tundra, usually near water, across northern North America.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=167 (887 words)

	Birds of Interior AK: Shorebirds, Semipalmated Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Small and straight-billed, Semipalmated Sandpipers are easily mistaken for Least Sandpipers, Western Sandpipers, or even baby shorebirds.
		Semipalmated Sandpipers lack spotting on their flanks and have dark-olive colored legs.
		The bill on Least Sandpipers and Western Sandpipers is slender, with a slight downward curve.
	www.birdsinalaska.org /shorebirds_semisandpiper.htm (82 words)

	* Semipalmated Sandpiper - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Semipalmated Sandpipers are named for the slight webbing between their toes.
		They generally feed at the upper edge of mudflats, often in the vegetation, i.e., higher than Western or Semipalmated Sandpipers.
		When foraging, they walk slowly with their heads down, picking at food on the surface rather than probing into the mud...
	www.mimihu.com /bird/semipalmated_sandpiper.html (227 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bird migration
		Many species, such as Dunlin and Western Sandpiper, undertake long movements from their arctic breeding grounds to warmer locations in the same hemisphere, but others such as Semipalmated Sandpiper travel huge distances to the tropics.
		Families Charadridae Jacanidae Rostratulidae Ibidorhynchidae Recurvirostridae Haematopodidae Scolopacidae Dromadidae Burhinidae Glareolidae Thinocoridae Waders, called Shorebirds in North America (where wader is used to refer to long-legged wading birds such as storks and herons), are members of the order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed seabird groups.
		Binomial name Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) The Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla is a very small shorebird.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/bird-migration (4916 words)

	MAS: Bird ID & Info - Shorebirds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In fact, several species - upland and buff-breasted sandpipers, mountain and golden plovers, and others - are actually easier to find thousands of miles inland than near the ocean.
		Three other odd sandpipers are made easy by their exclusive habitat prefernces.
		The ruddy turnstone and purple sandpiper are typical plumps.
	meckbirds.org /birdID/shorebirds.htm (839 words)

	Bécasseau semipalmé - Calidris pusilla - Semipalmated Sandpiper
		Le bécasseau semipalmé est un peu plus petit que le bécasseau d'Alaska (calidris mauri), avec le bec noir plus court et droit, épais à la base, et l'extrémité moins pointue.
		Le bécasseau semipalmé doit son nom à la légère membrane qui relie ses doigts à la base.
		semipalmé a un chant classique en vol, un court et bas « chruup » ou « krrit », et aussi un court et haut perché « kit ».
	www.oiseaux.net /oiseaux/charadriiformes/becasseau.semipalme.html (880 words)

	Semipalmated Sandpiper
		The bird in question is with an alternate-plumaged Least Sandpiper and an alternate-plumaged Western Sandpiper in some of these.
		For comparative purposes, here (right) is a Western Sandpiper that I photo'd in Pebble Beach on 7 May 2005.
		Semipalmated Sandpiper occurs annually in fall migration in MTY, but in very small numbers.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/MTYlistSESA.html (460 words)

	Little Stint a Yukon First at Judas Creek
		The bill was fl and appeared shorter and notably finer than that of a Semipalmated Sandpiper; the base of its bill was not as broad as Semipalmated Sandpiper, and it clearly lacked the more bulbous tip of a Semi.
		The primary contenders for confusion with Little Stint are Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis and Sanderling Calidris alba.
		While the face colour obviously set this bird off from the Semipalmated Sandpipers with which it associated, the colour and pattern of its scapulars, tertials and wing coverts and its bill and body structure firmly excluded the possibility of an unusual Semipalmated Sandpiper.
	www.yukonweb.com /community/ybc/stint.html (1207 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Shorebird/Wader Images
		This "Pribilof" Rock Sandpiper (the nominate race) was photographed in the famous "boneyards" at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
		This Semipalmated Sandpiper molting into winter plumage was photographed during fall migration at Jamaica Bay NWR in New York.
		This Semipalmated Sandpiper molting into winter plumage was photographed during fall migration at the Cape May Meadows in Cape May, New Jersey.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/shore23.htm (407 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		These small sandpipers are perhaps the most numerous shorebirds in North America, sometimes occurring by the thousands during migration.
		Often they are found on mudflats feeding together with their close relatives, the Least and Western sandpipers.
		The word "Semipalmated," referring to the birds' toes, means "half-webbed." Actually the toes are only slightly lobed at their bases, but they do help the birds to walk on mud without sinking.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0221 (107 words)

	Semipalmated Sandpiper Habitat Model (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Semipalmated sandpipers use Bay of Fundy and eastern Maine coastal areas as stopover sites to replenish fat reserves during fall migration (Hicklin 1987, Dunn et al.
		Habitat Suitability Scoring: Sites with semipalmated sandpiper occurrences and having any of the suitable landcover types (see table) first were scored according to level of use.
		Length of stay and fat content of migrant semipalmated sandpipers in eastern Maine.
	r5gomp.fws.gov /gom/habitatstudy/metadata/semipalmated_sandpiper_model.htm (500 words)

	The Birds of North America Online: Semipalmated Sandpiper
		Breeding and wintering ranges of the Semipalmated Sandpiper.
		The Semipalmated Sandpiper is a small, abundant North American shorebird that breeds near water in low and sub-arctic tundra and winters along the northern and central coasts of South America.
		Where its food (small aquatic and marine invertebrates) is abundant, flocks of up to 300,000 Semipalmated Sandpipers may gather in key migration staging areas, and on wintering grounds.
	bna.birds.cornell.edu /BNA/demo/account/Semipalmated_Sandpiper (219 words)

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