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in St. Croix County on 16 January 1964. 



Habitat: Killdeer use a variety of habitats ranging from cropland, summer 

 fallow, pastures, shorelines, and lawns to flat-topped roofs in residential 

 areas. 



American Golden Plover {Pluvialis dominica) 

 Status: Regular migrant. 



Migration: Fairly common spring and rare fall migrant in the Western 

 Upland, locally common during spring migration at Crex Meadows, Burnett 

 County. Rare to absent elsewhere. Spring migrants arrive 20-25 April. Peak 

 abundance occurs 10-15 May and departure by 1 June. Fall migrants arrive 

 about 20 August and have departed by 15 October (latest— 2 November 

 1965, St. Croix County). 



Habitat: Most commonly observed in temporarily flooded cornfields, alfalfa, 

 or oat stubble, and are less common on mudflats and lakeshores. This plover 

 uses habitat that is fairly dry and usually away from the edge of wetland 

 basins. 



Black-bellied Plover {Pluvialis squatarola) 

 Status: Regular migrant. 



Migration: Uncommon migrant in the Western Upland and Central Plain. 

 Locally common during spring at Crex Meadows, Burnett County, rare to 

 absent in the Northern Highland. Spring migrants arrive about 5 May (ear- 

 nest— 15 April 1975, St. Croix County). Peak abundance occurs 15-20 May 

 and departure by 1 June. Fall migrants arrive 10-20 August. Peak abun- 

 dance occurs 5-20 September and departure by 15 October (latest— 3 No- 

 vember 1976, St. Croix County). 



Habitat: Unlike the preceding species, the black-belUed plover commonly 

 uses temporarily flooded wetlands. Less common on flooded alfalfa or oat 

 stubble and along the edge of semipermanently flooded wetlands. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers and Phalaropes 



Hudsonian Godwit {Limosa haemastica) 

 Status: Regular migrant. 



Migration: Rare spring migrant in the Western Upland and at Crex Mead- 

 ows, Burnett County. Most records are from central St. Croix and eastern 

 Washington counties. There are no fall records. The first migrants arrive 

 5-10 May. Flocks as large as 40 individuals have been observed 15-20 May 

 and departure occurs by 30 May. 



Habitat: Most individuals are observed on temporarily flooded agricultural 



