Life histories
章节目录
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- _Casual records._--The typical form of the solitary sandpipe
- _Spring Migration._--In February and March it passes north t
- C. J. Maynard (1896) found them breeding in Florida, during
- Mrs. Florence M. Bailey (1916) has well described their habi
- _Winter range._--The winter range of the wandering tattler e
- And with the disappearing prairies have gone these and other
- _Fall._--About the middle of July, or even earlier, old and
- Both wings together are used for another set of actions.
- _Courtship._--The courtship of the spotted sandpiper has not
- can dive from the surface of the water or from full flight,
- _Fall migration._--Early dates of fall arrival are: Florida,
- As evening falls he becomes restless, his hunting comes to
- _Breeding range._--The British Isles, but only locally in En
- _Fall._--Like most of the northern breeding shore birds, the
- _Eggs._--The normal set was evidently four eggs, but MacFarl
- _Spring._--The whimbrel arrives on the British coasts from a
- Rising from the ground the male executes a few labored
- Its breeding range is circumpolar, but decidedly spotty; the
- Only those who have met the lordly black-bellied plover
- Late dates of fall departure are: Alaska, Wainwright, Septem
- The golden plover is practically unknown west of the Rocky M
- I can not wholly agree with Professor Rowan’s evident belief
- How fast the birds fly or how long it takes them to make the
- OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS (Linnaeus)
- Arthur T. Wayne (1910) says: “This species is very partial t
- Audubon (1840) says of his experience in Labrador that this
- _Fall migration._--Early dates of arrival in the fall are; B
- It is readily seen why persistent shooting threatened this b
- _Breeding range._--The breeding range of the piping plover e
- This species is now known to be divided into two fairly
- _Winter._--We recorded this species as a winter resident on
- Five years later Joseph Dixon (1927) spent considerable time
- Late dates of spring departure are Chile, Van Island, March
- The first prenuptial molt begins in January; it is similar t
- _Winter range._--In winter the turnstone is found on the coa
- _Food._--The food of the black turnstone has evidently not b
- The oyster catcher prefers the same broad, sandy beaches as
- Ninety per cent of the oyster catchers had white bellies,
- The food of the jacanas must consist of minute insect life
- 1924--Peculiar Behavior of the Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis
- Chapman, Frank M.--