Upland Sandpiper
by Gary Hall
Title
Upland Sandpiper
Artist
Gary Hall
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Unlike most sandpipers, the Upland Sandpiper prefers open grassland rather than shorelines where they feed on insects including weevils, beetles, grasshoppers and crickets. They are sometimes referred to as "the shorebird of the prairie". In the past they have also been known as Upland Plovers and Bartram's Sandpipers commemorating the American naturalist William Bartram. Well camouflaged nests are built on the ground. The Upland Sandpiper has fallen victim to habitat loss and is now suffering population decline. They are often seen on fence posts where, after landing, they stretch their wings above their body as seen in this image. A group of sandpipers have several collective names including a: "bind", "contradiction", "fling", "hill", and "time-step" of sandpipers.
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June 25th, 2014
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