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Sandpipers

Birds in the family Scolopacidae include all the world’s sandpipers and birds such as godwits, curlews, snipes, dowitchers, willets, stints, and more. We know these as familiar ‘shorebirds.’ They haunt coastal habitats from autumn through spring (Oct to Apr, or so). But in summer most of them migrate long distances to breed in the highest temperate latitudes or in the Arctic. Learn about sandpiper diversity, evolution, feeding, and more in this episode. ~~ Leave me a review using Podchaser ~~ Link to this episode on the Science of Birds website Support the show

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