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Shorebirds Adaptations:

BILLS

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Diet

Insect larvae, Horseshoe crab eggs, mollusks

Red Knot

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Diet

Small crabs and insects,

berries

Whimbrel

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Diet

Worms and insects

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

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Diet

Aquatic beetles, brine flies,

other insects

American

Avocet

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Diet

Many different insects, worms, small crabs and mollusks

Lesser

Yellowlegs

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Diet

Insects, worms, and snails

Killdeer

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Diet

Mollusks and crustaceans, such as clams and crabs

American

Oystercatcher

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Diet

Small mollusks and crabs, insects, and horseshoe crab eggs

Ruddy

Turnstone

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Diet

Aquatic insects, worms, and horseshoe crab eggs

Semipalmated

Sandpiper

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Diet

Small aquatic prey like brine flies or shrimp

Wilson’s

Phalarope

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Diet

Insects, worms, small crabs and mollusks

Hudsonian

Godwit

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Diet

Small aquatic insects, biofilm

Western

Sandpiper