Coming or going?
Why it's not always apparent if the shorebirds we're watching are heading north or south
Contributed by Paul Kerlinger
Published:
June 19, 2009
Contributing Editor Paul Kerlinger describes the migrations of American Golden-Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, and White-rumped Sandpiper -- species in which birds are migrating in almost every month of the year -- and explains how the southbound migrations of many shorebird species begins well before the time we usually think of as fall migration season.
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