References. 1937' 541 J MOUSLEY, Nesting Habits of the Spotted Sandpiper 445 NESTING HABITS OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER • BY HENRY MOUSLEY Plates 27, 28 IT certainly came as a great surprise to find that out of over eighty species of sandpipers and plovers treated by Bent in his 'Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Order Limicolae' (Bull. They have a rounded breast and usually appear as though they are leaning forward. Vol. In migration, as its name implies, it is usually encountered alone, along the bank of some shady creek.
Relative Size. When startled, it skims away low over the water, with rapid bursts of shallow wingbeats and short, stiff-winged glides. Most sandpipers nest only in the far north, but the little "Spotty" is common in summer over much of North America. ... Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden.
Front view Non-breeding plumage Spotted Sandpiper hunting in the Wallkill River Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey and New York (state) Spotted Sandpiper foraging in Fox River Grove, Illinois. The spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small shorebird, 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) long. robin-sized Measurements . Mus., no. The Spotted Sandpiper is a medium-sized shorebird with a bill slightly shorter than its head and a body that tapers to a longish tail. 146, pt. As it walks on the shores of streams, ponds, and marshes, it bobs the rear half of its body up and down in an odd teetering motion. U.S. Nat. Spotted Sandpiper is the most widespread breeding sandpiper in North America, but populations declined by almost 1.5% per year between 1966 and 2014, resulting in a cumulative decline of 51%, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. A 2012 study estimates a North American population of 660,000 breeding birds. If approached, it bobs nervously, then flies away with sharp whistled cries. Almost all of our sandpipers migrate in flocks and nest on the ground, but the Solitary Sandpiper breaks both rules. 2, pp. Further reading. Slightly smaller than a Killdeer.
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