PROBING SHORE BIRDS 



Common Name 

 (Latin name) 



Abundance 



Season of 

 Occurrence 3 



Nesting* 



Food Habits 



References 



King Rail 



( Rail us elgans ) 



Clapper Rail 



( Rallus longiro - 

 stris) 



Virginia Rail 



( Rallus limicola ) 



Sora 



(Porzana Carolina) 



Black Rail 

 ( Laterallus 

 jamaicensis ) 



Semipalmated Plover 

 ( Charadrius semi - 

 palmatus ) 



Wilson's Plover 



( Charadrius wilsonia ) 



Black-bellied Plover 

 (Pluvialis 

 squatarola ) 



Ruddy Turnstone 



( Arenaria lnterpres ) 



Common Snipe 



( Capella gallinago ) 



Common 



Uncommon- 

 common 



Rare 



Uncommon to 



locally 



abundant 



Rare 



Locally 

 common 



Locally 

 common 



Yr 



W,T 



Uncommon 



W,T 



Beetles, grass- 

 hoppers, aquatic 

 bugs 



Crabs, shrimp 



Beetles, snails, 

 spiders 



Insects, seeds of 

 emergent aquatic 

 plants 



Beetles, snails 



Crustaceans, 

 mollusks 



Crabs, shrimp, 

 crayfish 



Crabs , mollusks 



Insects, crus- 

 taceans , mollusks 



Mollusks, insects, 

 worms 



Narcise, pers. comm. 

 Martin et al. 1951 



Howell 1932 

 Ffrench 1966 

 Bacon 1970 



Marcisse, pers. coram. 

 Martin et al. 1951 



Howell 1932 

 Bacon 1970 



Narcisse, pers- coram. 



Ffrench 1966 



Bacon 1970 



Baker & Baker 1973 



Howell 1932 

 Bacon 1970 



Howell 1932 

 Bacon 1970 

 Ffrench 1966 



Ogden 1969 

 Howell 1932 



Howell 1932 

 Bacon 1970 



Long-billed Curlew 



( Numenlus americanus ) 



Whimbrel 



( Numenius phaeopus ) 



Spotted Sandpiper 

 ( Ac tit is macularia) 



Solitary Sandpiper 

 ( Tringa solitaria) 



Willet 



( Catoptrophorus 

 semipalmatus ) 



Greater Yellowlegs 

 ( Tringa 

 melanoleucas ) 



Lesser Yellowlegs 

 (Tringa flavipes ) 



Rare-uncommon W t T 



Abundant 



Common 



Common 



Red Knot 



( Calidrls canutus ) 



Dunlin 



( Calidris alplna) 



White-rumped Sandpiper Rare 

 ( Calidris fusclcollls) 



Common 



Uncommon 

 Common 



W,T 



W,T 



Yr 



W,T 



W,T 



W,T 



Crustaceans, 

 insects 



Mollusks, crus- 

 taceans , worms , 

 insects 



Mollusks, crus- 

 taceans 



Ogden 1969 



Ogden 1968 

 Howell 1932 



Ffrench 1966 

 Bacon 1970 

 Russel 1980 



Crustaceans, aquatic Howell 1932 

 insects, small frogs Bacon 1970 



Crabs, crayfishes, Howell 1932 

 killifishes Bacon 1970 



Fishes, crabs , 

 crustaceans 



Snails, mollusks, 

 crabs 



Marine worms , 

 crustaceans 



Marine worms, 

 mollusks 



Howell 1932 

 Ffrench 1966 

 Bacon 1970 



Ffrench 1966 



Bacon 1970 



Baker & Baker 1973 



Howell 1932 

 Ogden 1964 



Ogden 1964 



Baker & Baker 1973 



Chironomids, snails Howell 1932 

 Bacon 1970 



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