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	Birds, Familiar: Spotted Sandpiper, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The spotted sandpiper was a distinct surprise as a summer resident of the swamp.
		Field marks.--The spotted sandpiper is one of the prettiest, most delicate, and trim of the shore birds; in place of the browns and greys of the streaked upper parts of most waders there is a plain greenish sheen on the back, and in autumn across the breast a soft tint like a fawn.
		Winter.--Most of the spotted sandpipers leave the United States to spend the winter on the islands to the southward, and in South America, but the species is nevertheless well represented in California during the winter, and in the southern states on the Atlantic seaboard.
	www.birdsbybent.com /ch1-10/sandpiper.html (6782 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper
		A spotted sandpiper was observed by Pat Mattson on May 20,2000 It was seen on the muddy shore of open water (Millstone Brook), beyond the point where the brook crosses beneath the access road (
		The spotted sandpiper is classified as a "shorebird." A summer resident in temperate climates, it is the most common sandpiper seen along the shores of streams and lakes, often bobbing and dipping as it picks up invertebrates near the water's edges.
		Spotted sandpipers winter in the southern U.S. and South America.
	www.mv.com /ipusers/env/ssandpiper.html (238 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Spotted Sandpiper, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		Voice.--The notes of the spotted sandpiper are mainly modified and extended from its common alarm note, the sharp, clear whistle, peet-weet, but as in the case of many birds, degrees of emotion may be expressed by a little change in pitch or inflection.
		Field marks.--The spotted sandpiper is one of the prettiest, most delicate, and trim of the shore birds; in place of the browns and greys of the streaked upper parts of most waders there is a plain greenish sheen on the back, and in autumn across the breast a soft tint like a fawn.
		Winter.--Most of the spotted sandpipers leave the United States to spend the winter on the islands to the southward, and in South America, but the species is nevertheless well represented in California during the winter, and in the southern states on the Atlantic seaboard.
	birdsbybent.com /ch1-10/sandpiper.html (6782 words)

	NatureWorks - Spotted Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The spotted sandpiper is about six to seven inches in length.
		The spotted sandpiper lives on the edges freshwater sources like ponds, streams, lakes and rivers.
		The spotted sandpiper probes for a variety of insects and other small invertebrates including fly larvae, grasshoppers, beetles, crickets, spiders, worms, crustaceans and mollusks.
	www.nhptv.org /Natureworks/spottedsandpiper.htm (268 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Scolopacidae - Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
		Similar Species: The Spotted Sandpiper is easily identified by a combination of its brown crown and white eye line, and its habit of constanting wagging its tail up and down.
		Habitat: The Spotted Sandpiper is found along lakes, ponds, and streams inland, and along the ocean shore.
		Behavior: The Spotted Sandpiper is one of the commonest and most widespread of North American shorebirds.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/sandpipe/Amacul.htm (344 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper
		The Spotted Sandpiper (Actitus macularia) is a small bird of 7 to 8 inches in length which, with tail wagging, teeters as it perches on branches, or walks on ground, logs, or rocks.
		There are four spotted, pear-shaped eggs, the small ends usually lying together as in the design of a four-leaf clover.
		The spotted sandpiper is an early migrant, some of them reaching Mexico and South America by the end of July.
	www.geocities.com /naturenotes/spiprspt.htm (484 words)

	All About Birds
		The most widespread breeding sandpiper in North America, the Spotted Sandpiper breeds along the edges of nearly any water source throughout the northern half of the continent.
		Sexes alike in plumage, but females are larger and have larger spots that extend farther down the lower belly.
		The female Spotted Sandpiper is the one who establishes and defends the territory.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Spotted_Sandpiper.html (276 words)

	Birds - Spotted Sandpiper
		One rarely sees more than a pair of these sandpipers in a neighbor-hood which they somehow preempt, except at the migrations, when families travel together; but as two broods are generally raised in a summer, these family parties are no mean sized flock.
		The nest, or a depression in the ground, lined with dry grass, that answers every purpose, may be in a meadow or orchard, but rarely far from water that attracts worms, snails, and insects for the little family to feed on.
		This is the one sandpiper that we may confidently expect to meet throughout the summer.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/birds-225.shtml (527 words)

	* Spotted Sandpiper- (Bird): Definition
		One of the most widespread and common of the Sandpipers, the Spotted Sandpiper can be found teetering along shorelines and riverbanks throughout the state.
		For years, as long ago as I can remember, these Spotted Sandpipers, or some of their ancestors, had frequented the shores of a tiny pond and had, each year,...
		While most shorebirds you see will be migrating from their nesting grounds in the Arctic there are some like killdeer and spotted sandpipers that will nest in Ohio.
	en.mimi.hu /bird/spotted_sandpiper.html (322 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia is a small shorebird.
		The body is brown on top and white underneath with fl spots.
		Non-breeding birds, depicted below, do not have the spotted underparts, and are very similar to the closely related Common Sandpiper, A.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Spotted_Sandpiper (158 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper, or Tatler
		The Spotted Sandpiper has a wonderfully extensive range, for I have met with it not only in most parts of the United States, but also on the shores of Labrador, where, on the 17th of June, 1833, I found it breeding.
		On examining the spot I was very much surprised to find that the poor thing had not only hollowed out a new nest, but had actually succeeded in abstracting two eggs from the other nest.
		The lower parts are brownish-white, without spots; the upper of the same brownish-olive as in the adult, but the head and hind neck destitute of streaks, and the rest with narrower and more numerous dusky bars.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F36_G4a.html (1969 words)

	Green sandpiper - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Green sandpiper - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		A very contrasting wader which looks like a large house martin in flight.
		Green sandpiper wading - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1610021_00038_002)
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/g/greensandpiper (203 words)

	The Spotted Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Most sandpiper species nest on Arctic tundra, but the Spotted Sandpiper breeds across a broad swath of temperate North America that includes the Connecticut River valley.
		In a reversal of the pattern observed in the vast majority of bird species, female Spotted Sandpipers compete for access to males.
		The plain, brown Spotted Sandpiper, it turns out, has an exotic and mysterious mating system.
	www.bio.umass.edu /biology/conn.river/spotted.html (415 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Spotted Sandpiper is a bird present in Louisiana the year around, common in the main periods of migration (mid-March to the end of May, late July to the end of October) but rare in midsummer and midwinter.
		An actual nest, a young individual just out of the nest, or one too poorly developed to undertake sustained flight is required to establish that a species is breeding in an area.
		In spring the Spotted Sandpiper acquires the plumage that gives it its name, for the breast becomes heavily sprinkled with fl spots.
	losbird.org /labirds/spsa.htm (193 words)

	Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		An alternate (breeding) plumaged Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) is an unmistakable bird with its bright orange bill and bold fl spots on the breast.
		However the bird in the photo is a basic plumaged Spotted Sandpiper.
		Spotted Sandpiper breeds in Iowa and could potentially be found nesting almost anywhere there is water.
	www.flickr.com /photos/mountainpath/59209709 (301 words)

	spotted sandpiper definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		spotted sandpiper definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		bird found near lakes and streams: a small bird that has spots on its white breast during the breeding season.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861712482/spotted_sandpiper.html (76 words)

	NPWRC :: Spotted Sandpiper
		Tout (1947) recorded spotted sandpiper commonly in Lincoln County during 30 April to 29 September.
		Johnsgard (1980) stated that throughout Nebraska, nesting spotted sandpipers are associated with exposed or sparsely vegetated shorelines, or islands in streams or natural wetlands.
		Effect of Habitat Alteration: The loss of sandbars in the open river channel through vegetation encroachment, and wetlands in the uplands through drainage, have produced a negative impact on this species across the study area.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/platte/species/actimacu.htm (320 words)

	My Backyard Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Spotted Sandpiper is nicknamed "Teeter-Tail" because of the way it bobs the rear part of its body up and down.
		It is the male of this species who assumes most of the parenting skills like incubating the eggs and caring for the young chicks.
		Here are some photos of the Spotted Sandpiper in its fall plummage.
	members.cox.net /hummerfan/spottedsandpiper.html (105 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) is a small shorebird, 18-20 cm long.
		The body is brown on top and white underneath with fl spots.
		Non-breeding birds, depicted below, do not have the spotted underparts, and are very similar to the closely related Common Sandpiper, A.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spotted_Sandpiper (188 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper \| Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina Birding Guide - Birdwatching Field Guide NC & SC
		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.coastalguide.com /coastaloutdoors/birding_guide/Sandpipers/spotted_sandpiper.php (187 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Spotted Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Laying begins during late May. Two sets of four fresh eggs were found: one on 30 May 1898 at Gaspereau, Kings County, and the other on 16 June 1949 at Port Mouton, Queens County.
		The only birdlife there on 9 August 1935 was a pair of Spotted Sandpipers, one of which was followed by a half-fledged youngster.
		The rock was bare of vegetation and its highest part so low that during heavy storms the spray must be thrown over most, if not all, of the surface.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0133.htm (441 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Style of flight is shallow, stiff, buzzy wing beats, which are unique.
		Breeding adults white below, thickly peppered with round flish spots; olive-brown above, with flish spots and bars; bark eye line and white eyebrow; bill orange-pink with dark tip.
		The wings are brown with white stripes on both surfaces.
	pages.sbcglobal.net /whbauer/spotsand.htm (148 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper
		Toe spotted a mature Bald Eagle in flying north to south along the coast.
		We were headed back in when Toe saw the Spotted Sandpiper on the rocks midway back up the jetty.
		We parted company at the parking lot and I drove around Mt. Trashmore and found 5 Semipalmated Sandpipers in one of the open fields that had some ponding.
	www.tropicalaudubon.org /tasboard/messages/8634.html (290 words)

	Birdwatch - ID in depth - Spotted Sandpiper
		In its plain juvenile plumage, Spotted Sandpiper must be one of the most overlooked Naerctic vagrants, due to its extreme similarity to Common Sandpiper.
		The author explains how to pick out a Spotted when it has no spots.
		Early auatumn adults * Juvenile Spotted Sandpiper * Tertials * Pitfalls and complications * Wing-bars and calls * Winter birds and spring moult * References
	www.eurobirding.com /birdingmagazines/artinfo.php?id=8768 (97 words)

	Rurality: Solitary sandpiper
		He was in the place where we sometimes see Spotted Sandpipers this time of year.
		Anyone who can tell sandpipers apart has my undying admiration.
		I'm still tryiong to identify a Sandpiper from other species, not within the fanmily.
	rurality.blogspot.com /2006/04/solitary-sandpiper.html (646 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
		In the spring and summer nesting season this species gets a fairly bright orange bill and has a distinctively spotted breast and belly.
		In the non-breeding season, however, the bird loses it colorful bill as well as its spots.
		The top two shots on the left show a breeding plumaged Spotted Sandpiper which was a northbound migrant when I photographed it in Kenedy Co., Texas, in April, 2000, with a Canon EOS 3 and EF 600mm F/4 L lens and 1.4X extender on Fuji Velvia.
	www.greglasley.net /spottedsand.html (208 words)

	BirdForum - Spotted Sandpiper? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I keep hoping to finally see a Least Sandpiper.
		Thought I had one, but on closer examination I think it is a Spotted Sandpiper.
		Behavior seems to fit well: it was foraging on a steep cliff with water runoff from the street above.
	www.birdforum.net /archive/index.php/t-50401 (78 words)

	Sandpiper Sounds
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		Spotted Sandpiper - call from a foraging bird
	www.junglewalk.com /sound/Sandpiper-sounds.htm (56 words)

	Spotted Sandpiper Photograph -- Photo -- Picture -- Image (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Spotted Sandpiper Photograph -- Photo -- Picture -- Image
		This photo was taken on August 12th, 2005 on Oldham grade, the once flooded road that cuts right through the south part of Lake Thompson.
		There were several of these guys hanging out around the grade area, some still with spots, and some in the non-spotted fall plumage.
	members.tripod.com /huskertsd/species_photos/spotted_sandpiper_1.htm (66 words)

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		Buff-breasted Sandpiper on St Marys Golf Course on October 4, 2004
		Broad Billed Sandpiper at Drayton Basset GP, Staffordshire on June 8, 2004.
		Stilt Sandpiper Adult summer at Pennington Marshes, Hampshire on July 27, 2002.
	www.thebirdsofsussex.co.uk /sitemap.htm (1487 words)

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