Shore Birds 



small, the least sandpiper being the smallest of our water fowl. 

 With few exceptions they keep near the water's edge or wherever 

 the ground is soft enough to be easily probed, whether by the 

 sea and rivers or in inland bogs, moist meadows, and thickets. 

 Exclusive when nesting, but not often solitary at other seasons, 

 they are generally gregarious, strongly attached to their compan- 

 ions, and migrate in large flocks. "The voice is a mellow pipe, 

 a sharp bleat, or a harsh scream, according to the species," 

 says Dr. Coues. "Few birds surpass the snipe in sapid quality 

 of flesh, and many kinds rank high in the estimation of the 

 sportsman and epicure." 



Woodcock 



Wilson's or Jack Snipe 



Dowitcher 



Long-billed Dowitcher 



Stilt Sandpiper 



Knot or Robin Snipe 



Pectoral Sandpiper 



White Rumped Sandpiper 



Baird's Sandpiper 



Least Sandpiper 



Red-backed Sandpiper 



Semipalmated Sandpiper 



Western Semipalmated Sandpiper 



Sanderling or Surf Snipe 



Marbled Godwit or Brown Marlin 



Greater Yellowlegs 



Yellowlegs 



Solitary Sandpiper or Tatler 



Willet 



'Bartramian Sandpiper or Upland " Plover" 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper 



Spotted Sandpiper 



Long-billed Curlew 



Jack Curlew 



Eskimo Curlew or Doe Bird 



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