I recommend the shorebird pages of the Alaska Science Center:
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/shorebirds/index.html . Alaska is
the summer home of many of the shorebirds now passing through, and some
of the eyebrow-raising aspects of their research include:
        1. Non-migratory Alaskan sandpipers, spending the winter there
        2. Shorebirds breeding in mountainous terrain, like Baird's SP
        3. Interactive maps of radio-tagged long-distance migrations among
godwits and curlews now underway; the bar-tailed godwits are about to
undertake a migration that includes an 11,000-km non-stop flight over
the Pacific (7 days aloft).
        The site is still under construction. It has a good list of links to
other sources of information about shorebirds.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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