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The semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a small plover. Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific semipalmatus is Latin and comes from semi, "half" and palma ...
These can be (in the adult) single complete bands (ringed, semipalmated, little ringed, long-billed),or double or triple bands (killdeer, three-banded, Forbes'). They have relatively short bills and feed mainly on insects, worms or other invertebrates, depending on habitat, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady ...
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A semipalmated plover at Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve in June is the second British record; A male Siberian rubythroat in Dorset in October is the second British record; A blue-cheeked bee-eater in Shetland in June and July is Britain's eighth, but only the second to be seen by large numbers of observers.
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Johnson attended University of California, Davis where she played on the school's women basketball team and was in Alpha Phi. She graduated in 1987 with a BA in Economics and Physical education. After graduation, her father encouraged her to move away from the family base near San Francisco to New York City to pursue a career in finance. [1] [2 ...