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Peeps & Friends

Photo by Flickr user Mike Baird

Least Sandpipers, Morro Bay, Oct.

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Photo by Flickr user Dave Hoefler

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Migration

Photo by Flickr user Dave Hoefler

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Migration

  • High-risk and energy-intensive

Photo by Flickr user Dave Hoefler

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Migration

  • High-risk and energy-intensive
  • Worth it for access to suitable breeding sites and seasonally abundant food

Photo by Flickr user Dave Hoefler

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Migration

  • High-risk and energy-intensive
  • Worth it for access to suitable breeding sites and seasonally abundant food
  • Stopover sites key for refueling

Photo by Flickr user Dave Hoefler

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Migration

  • High-risk and energy-intensive
  • Worth it for access to suitable breeding sites and seasonally abundant food
  • Stopover sites key for refueling
  • Typically at night and at high altitude

Photo by Flickr user Dave Hoefler

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Migration

  • High-risk and energy-intensive
  • Worth it for access to suitable breeding sites and seasonally abundant food
  • Stopover sites key for refueling
  • Typically at night and at high altitude
  • First subadults and failed breeders, then adult females, then adult males, then juveniles

Photo by Flickr user Dave Hoefler

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Photo by Flickr user J. Maughn

Santa Cruz, CA, Sep.

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Identification strategies:

Photo by Flickr user J. Maughn

Santa Cruz, CA, Sep.

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Identification strategies:

  • Location and date

Photo by Flickr user J. Maughn

Santa Cruz, CA, Sep.

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Identification strategies:

  • Location and date
  • Comparative size and structure

Photo by Flickr user J. Maughn

Santa Cruz, CA, Sep.

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Identification strategies:

  • Location and date
  • Comparative size and structure
  • Behavior

Photo by Flickr user J. Maughn

Santa Cruz, CA, Sep.

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Identification strategies:

  • Location and date
  • Comparative size and structure
  • Behavior
  • Voice

Photo by Flickr user J. Maughn

Santa Cruz, CA, Sep.

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Identification strategies:

  • Location and date
  • Comparative size and structure
  • Behavior
  • Voice
  • Pattern/field marks

Photo by Flickr user J. Maughn

Santa Cruz, CA, Sep.

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Identification strategies:

  • Location and date
  • Comparative size and structure
  • Behavior
  • Voice
  • Pattern/field marks
  • Plumage details, including age and molt

Photo by Flickr user J. Maughn

Santa Cruz, CA, Sep.

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David Sibley, “Keys to identifying shorebirds”, https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/birds/david-sibleys-id-toolkit/keys-to-identifying-shorebirds/

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Small plovers

Santa Barbara County eBird histogram

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Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Keenan Adams

Alabama, Nov.

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Snowy Plover

Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Keenan Adams

Alabama, Nov.

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Abundance animation

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Photo by Flickr user Len Blumin

Florida, Apr.

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Semipalmated Plover

Photo by Flickr user Len Blumin

Florida, Apr.

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Abundance animation

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Small non-plover, non-peeps

Santa Barbara County eBird histogram

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Photo by Flickr user Steve Berardi

California, May

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Sanderling

Photo by Flickr user Steve Berardi

California, May

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Sanderling

Photo by Wikipedia user JJ Harrison

Thailand, Jan.

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Sanderling

Photo by Flickr user David Slater

Morro Bay, Oct.

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Abundance animation

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Photo by Flickr user Aaron Maizlish

Richmond, CA, Sep.

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Baird’s Sandpiper

Photo by Flickr user Aaron Maizlish

Richmond, CA, Sep.

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Abundance animation

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Peeps

Santa Barbara County eBird histogram

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Photo by Flickr user Lip Kee Yap

Las Vegas, NV, Nov.

Photo by Flickr user Doug Greenberg

Oakland, CA, Feb.

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Least Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Photo by Flickr user Lip Kee Yap

Las Vegas, NV, Nov.

Photo by Flickr user Doug Greenberg

Oakland, CA, Feb.

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Devereux Slough, Aug.

Devereux Slough, Aug.

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Least Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Devereux Slough, Aug.

Devereux Slough, Aug.

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Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Jul.

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Least Sandpiper

Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Jul.

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Abundance animation

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Photo by Flickr user Eric Ellingson

Ferndale, WA, Sep.

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Western Sandpiper

Photo by Flickr user Eric Ellingson

Ferndale, WA, Sep.

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Abundance animation

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Photo by Wikipedia user Mdf

Ontario, Canada, Aug.

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Semipalmated Sandpiper

Photo by Wikipedia user Mdf

Ontario, Canada, Aug.

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Abundance animation

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Devereux Slough, Aug.

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Least Sandpiper

Semipalmated Plover

Devereux Slough, Aug.

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Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Jul.

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Least Sandpiper

Western

Sandpipers

Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Jul.

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Goleta Sanitary District, Jan.

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Least Sandpiper

Goleta Sanitary District, Jan.

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Goleta Sanitary District, Jan.

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Least Sandpiper

Goleta Sanitary District, Jan.

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Photo by Edward James

British Columbia, Canada, Sep.

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Least Sandpipers

Western Sandpiper

Photo by Edward James

British Columbia, Canada, Sep.

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