Scientific Name: Calidris minutilla

Residency: Winters throughout Arizona except for the northeast.

Diet: East insects, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms.

Predators: Prairie Falcon, Long-eared Owl, Northern Harrier, and American Kestrels.

Nesting: A shallow depression on bog or upland. Eggs: 4 per brood, pinkish buff with dark marks, 1 brood per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes: Feeds in muddy, grassy areas.

Photo: Taken at the Riparian Preserve at the Gilbert Water Ranch on February 17, 2007.

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