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Ocean Tidal Flats Sandy Beach Dunes Salt Marsh
Tidal flats are created by swift currents and exposed when the tide goes out. Sand and mud flats in coastal wetlands provide food for migratory shorebirds. Each species finds the zone for its foraging style and appetite. Adjacent upland and transitional habitats provide nesting and roosting areas.
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Hudsonian Godwit
Purple Sandpiper PHOTO: 1 2
purple sandpiper
Purple Sandpipers arrive in late fall and stay until May when they depart for high Arctic breeding grounds. The name "sandpiper" is misleading in this case, as Purple Sandpipers rarely stray far from rocky shores and jetties. On Plymouth Beach, the best place to find this species is at the beach tip, scouring rock jetties for their invertebrate prey.
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