No Ohio-breeding bird migrates farther than upland sandpipers. These long-winged shorebirds breed in hayfields, meadows, prairies and other open places. That stands in contrast to most shorebirds, ...

Driving a couple hundred miles to visit a bunch of ponds, marshes and reservoirs brought focus into my day. I didn’t zig-zag all those county roads just to see water. I wanted to find and to watch ...

After flying more than 10,000 kilometers from South America to the Arctic, male pectoral sandpipers should be ready to rest their weary wings. But once the compact shorebirds arrive at a breeding ...

Small birds were observed travelling to as many as 24 different breeding sites in Alaska within six weeks, further than flying from Paris to Moscow A bird smaller than a city pigeon has been recorded ...

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Every year, the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper makes a crucial three-month stopover at Tiaozini mudflats in Jiangsu province on China’s eastern coast. The Jiangsu government, however, ...

The tweety whistles overhead made me look up even though I knew I wouldn’t actually see what was issuing those sounds. Nevertheless, I stopped walking and listened into the star-filled sky until the ...