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| Short-billed Dowitcher |
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| Short-billed Dowitchers visit during migration in spring, summer and fall. They need the food they acquire on the beach to refuel for a migration that takes them from the Canadian Arctic to the southern US and Central America. While on the beach, they feed heavily on invertebrates by probing the mud and sand with long, tactile bills. Short-billed Dowitchers can be found either feeding in shallow tidal pools on the sand flats or resting on the sandy beach of the bay side. |
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