Understanding and managing migratory animal populations requires knowing what's going on with them during all stages of their annual cycle—and how those stages affect each other. The annual cycle can ...

Western sandpipers Calidris mauri on southward migration fly over the Gulf of Alaska to the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, where they stop for a few days to replenish reserves before continuing.

The Rainforest Trust and the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand recently purchased 8 hectares (20 acres) of shoreland in the Gulf of Thailand to protect a vital stopover site for spoon-billed ...

It’s June in the Arctic tundra, and male pectoral sandpiper hasn’t slept for weeks. He’s too busy trying to have sex. The females will only be fertile for three short weeks, and they’re very choosy. A ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Studies of the breeding system ecology of the Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) were conducted in the summers of 1966-1969 on the ...

The early bird may get the worm, but the sleepless sandpiper gets the chicks. Male pectoral sandpipers that sleep less than their counterparts during the bird's intense three-week breeding season mate ...

Each small sandpiper must harvest up to 20,000 shrimp while simultaneously avoiding the fastest animal on earth: the peregrine falcon. - [Narrator] Semipalmated sandpipers. (sandpipers calling) ...