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ML63774

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

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Contributor

Michael Dyer Media from this contributor

Date

20 Jun 1984

Location

Belcher Islands; Flaherty Island; Sanikiluaq; West Beach
Nunavut, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

NOTES: Pair feeding, occasionally one flies inland (to nest) then returns. Soft sounds of feeding along beach, feeding notes "chip chup" 138 Flight song, wave laps 2:38 + 2:44 and 2:51 flight emp 3:48 feeding click notes. Location? cleek 5:05 CU alarm call (low level) creek note 5:53 reik and creek CU 6:11 low level alarm 6:46 more cricks and wing sound 7:12 again 7:35 small splashes while feeding 9:14 crik notes wings 9:19 low level alarm Recorded by Michael Dyer Also: snow bunting song, Lapland Longspur.

Additional species

  • Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
  • Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

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Cataloged
22 Oct 1999 - Martha Fischer
Digitized
31 Oct 2000 - Lauren A. Serafin

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