A North American sandpiper that breeds on upland fields.
Bartramia longicauda, family Scolopacidae
Example sentencesExamples
Other mowed strips, such as along roadways, are used by upland sandpipers and other birds for feeding.
In New York, for example, the number of upland sandpipers declined by an estimated 84 percent from 1966 to 1995, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey.
When possible, grasslands found to be used by upland sandpipers should be managed to avoid disturbance during the nesting season.
In the past, rare upland sandpipers have nested here.
Osborne and Peterson estimated that 75% of Ohio's upland sandpiper nesting population used airport grasslands.
Definition of upland sandpiper in US English:
upland sandpiper
noun
A North American sandpiper that breeds on upland fields.
Bartramia longicauda, family Scolopacidae
Example sentencesExamples
Osborne and Peterson estimated that 75% of Ohio's upland sandpiper nesting population used airport grasslands.
When possible, grasslands found to be used by upland sandpipers should be managed to avoid disturbance during the nesting season.
Other mowed strips, such as along roadways, are used by upland sandpipers and other birds for feeding.
In New York, for example, the number of upland sandpipers declined by an estimated 84 percent from 1966 to 1995, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey.
In the past, rare upland sandpipers have nested here.