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  2. Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

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    A large number of rare vagrant birds have been recorded at Dawlish Warren, including elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans), lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis), long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix), greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii), semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor ...

  3. List of birds of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Eight species have been recorded in Ohio. Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola; American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica; Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus (B) Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus; Piping plover, Charadrius melodus; Northern lapwing, Vanellus ...

  4. List of birds of Cuyahoga Valley National Park - Wikipedia

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    The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda (Hist) Dunlin, Calidris alpina (R) Least sandpiper, Calidris ...

  5. Semipalmated plover - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Charadrius - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Cleveland area farmer participates in project to restore wetland

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    Mar. 23—CLEVELAND — Leo Koppelman has spent 65 years farming within eyesight of Middle Lake Jefferson near Cleveland. During the nearly 160 years the farm has been in the family, it's been the ...

  8. List of birds of Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. Thirty-nine species have been recorded in Connecticut. Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda

  9. List of Charadriiformes by population - Wikipedia

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    Charadriiformes (Charadrius being Latin for "plover") is the taxonomic order to which the waders, gulls, and auks belong. BirdLife International has assessed 352 species; 181 (51% of total species) have had their population estimated.