Archive for April 9th, 2008
Sandpiper
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Sandpipers are a varied group of shore birds in the Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes. The 85 species in this family include the sandpipers, curlews, snipes, woodcocks, godwits, dowitchers, turnstones, and phalaropes. With the exception of Antarctica, this family occurs worldwide. Thirty-seven species in the sandpiper family breed regularly in North America. The smaller species of […]
