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Jacqueline Deely
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
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Andy Johnson
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
Identification
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Typical Voice
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Michael Libbe
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
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Gerrit Vyn
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
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Andy Johnson
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Identification
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Typical Voice
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Mike Baird
Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani
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Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
© Marshall Iliff
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Black Turnstone
Arenaria melanocephala
Identification
Life History
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Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Identification
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Identification
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Typical Voice
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Ian Davies
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Tryngites subruficollis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Clapper Rail
Rallus longirostris
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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hjhipster
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Identification
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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Raymond Lee
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Andy Johnson
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Kevin Bolton
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Cleber
King Rail
Rallus elegans
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Andy Johnson
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Matt Bango
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Luke Seitz
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Identification
Life History
Videos
Typical Voice
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Ganesh Jayaraman
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
© Tom Johnson
Mountain Plover
Charadrius montanus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Caleb Slemmons
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Ian Davies
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Bob Devlin
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Identification
Life History
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Videos
Typical Voice
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Chris Wood
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
Identification
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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Christopher L. Wood
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Identification
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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Brian L. Sullivan
Rock Sandpiper
Calidris ptilocnemis
Identification
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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Dave Wendelken
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
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Videos
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Identification
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Brett Haranin
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Andy Johnson
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Mike Baird
Snowy Plover
Charadrius nivosus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Robin Arnold
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Sora
Porzana carolina
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Bob Gunderson
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Andy Johnson
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Jason Crotty
Surfbird
Aphriza virgata
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Michael J. Andersen
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Jim Mcree
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Jason Crotty
Wandering Tattler
Heteroscelus incanus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Glenn Bartley
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Andy Johnson
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Brian L. Sullivan
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Cleber
Wilson's Plover
Charadrius wilsonia
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Christopher L. Wood
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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