Behavior of migrant shorebirds in playas of the Southern High Plains, Texas
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Diurnal time-activity budgets conducted on American Avocets, Long-billed Dowitchers, Least Sandpipers and Western Sandpipers in spring and fall 1993 and 1994 in 69 playas on the Southern High Plains, TX, found that all four species spent little time in locomotion, body maintenance, and alert and aggressive behaviors. They were also found to employ different behavioral strategies in response to factors such as nocturnal foraging, diet, predation and migration distances.
Publication Name: The Condor
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0010-5422
Year: 1998
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Behavior of migrating shorebirds at North Dakota prairie potholes
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The behavior of shorebirds has been widely studied in coastal wintering and breeding areas but little research has been undertaken into the behavior of such birds in inland areas. A new study investigates the diurnal time-activity budgets of American Avocets, Stilt Sandpipers, Long-billed Dowitchers, Least Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers during spring and fall in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota. Details of the study are presented.
Publication Name: The Condor
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0010-5422
Year: 1999
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