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Dunlins
The Dunlin, Calidris or Erolia alpina, is a small wader. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa and southeast Asia.
Dunlin (Caladris alpina)
Scotland
The Dunlin breeds around the Arctic Ocean in Europe (including the British Isles), Asia and North America but winters further south on ice-free coasts but rarely crosses the Equator.
Dunlin Calidris alpina
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Length: 7 inches
Medium-sized shorebird
Medium-sized, thin, dark bill with droop at tip
Black legs
Black patch on rump extending onto tail
White wing stripe
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Dunlin
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Dunlin
Relatives in same Genus
Sanderling (C. alba)
Western Sandpiper (C. mauri)
Pectoral Sandpiper (C. melanotos)
Least Sandpiper (C. minutilla)
Rock Sandpiper (C. ptilocnemis) ...
Dunlin weigh about 2.1 ounces, grow to 8.5 inches, and have a 17-inch wingspan. The remarkable contrast between the Dunlin’s winter and summer plumage is reflected in its French common name, “Variable Sandpiper.
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
The Dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small shorebird which breeds in parts of the arctic areas of Canada and Alaska. The species winters along all three coasts of the United States and south into Mexico.
Dunlin In Focus...
11/04/10
Dunlins
On May 1st, a small group of amateurs, decided to get together and watch birds together on Cedar ...
Dunlin Behaviour
No observations regarding Dunlin behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Dunlins ...
Diet The dunlin eats insects and larvae, marine worms, small crustaceans, snails and small fish. Sometimes the dunlin is called the "sewing machine" because of the way it bobs its head up and down and pokes into the ground when it probes for food.
HABITAT: Dunlin inhabit the tundra while on their breeding grounds. Wintering habitat is primarily mudflats and shorelines.
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Dunlin
(Calidris alpina)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as a migrant along the shores of ponds and lakes.
Dunlin
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus)
Status Fairly common transient, rare in winter. It is a rare spring migrant, with scattered records between 12 April and 30 May.
Dunlin Calidris alpina - Adult in breeding plumage
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Dunlin Calidris alpina Found: North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia
Photographed by Dick Daniels in North Carolina
1) Juvenile in November 2) Adult in November
1) April 2, 3) May ...
Dunlin
The commonest small wader found along the coast. It has a slightly down-curved bill and a distinctive black belly patch in breeding plumage. It feeds in flocks in winter, sometimes numbering thousands... More...
Green sandpiper ...
Dunlin
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Bald Eagle
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Next to the Dunlin and Knot the commonest British Tringinae are the Sanderling, Calidris arenaria (distinguished from every other bird of the group by wanting a hind toe), the Purple Sandpiper, T. striata or maritima, the Curlew-Sandpiper, T.
7. Whimbrel and Dunlin, Hunters Point, SF
8. Male Surf Scoter, Foster City, San Mateo County
9. Olive-sided Flycatcher, Presidio, SF ...
A comparison of behavior and success rates of merlins and peregrine falcons when hunting dunlins in two coastal habitats. Journal of Raptor Research. 30(2): 93-98. [70755] 24. Buchanan, Joseph B.; Herman, Steven G.; Johnson, Tod M. 1986.
Dunlin Calidris alpina: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, CA, 01 Jan
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, 30 Jul ...
Grebe 2 off Gurnet Northern Gannet X Numerous birds all ages diving off Gurnet Great Blue Heron 1 hunkered down in marsh north of High Pines Northern Harrier 1 cruising between bridge and 1st xover Sanderling 1 with flock of about 150 Dunlin bayside ...
Dunlin (Calidris allpina)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) ...
RED-BACKED SANDPIPER, Tringa alpina, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. vii. p. 5.
TRINGA ALPINA, Bonap. Syn., p. 317.
TRINGA ALPINA, American Dunlin, Swains. and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii.p. 383.
DUNLIN or OX-BIRD, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 106.
Suddenly hundreds of lapwing, redshank and dunlin all took wing, rapidly climbing high above the flooded flats. Next moment, a merlin, after dashing low over the saltings, conveniently alighted on a massive timber stake where is showed to advantage.
This species has become a serious pest in the Western Isles of Scotland, where introduced hedgehogs eat the eggs of ground-nesting waders such as Snipe, Dunlin, Redshank and Lapwing.
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 10/30/05. Having a scratch.
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) - Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/17/07
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) - Person Co., NC 4/1/06 ...
In North America the spotted and solitary sandpipers can be found by streams ; also the Baird's, least, semipalmated , Western, and white rumped sandpipers , collectively called" peeps" and the red backed sandpiper or dunlin ; ...
Among the North American sandpipers are the spotted and solitary sandpipers, found by streams; the Baird's, least, semipalmated, western, and white-rumped sandpipers, collectively called "peeps"; the red-backed sandpiper, or dunlin, ...
 See also: Sandpiper, Curlew, Purple, Knot, Snipe
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