The Secretive Shorebirds: Nebraska’s Phantom Migrants

• Main Author: Johnsgard, Paul A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2011
• Subjects: Ornithology; Arctic; Argentine; Buff; Canada; Sand Hills; Stepping Stones; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/johnsgard/20; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/johnsgard/article/1020/viewcontent/Johnsgard_2011_Secretive_shorebirds__DC_VERSION.pdf

Much less apparent and well known than the annual crane migration is Nebraska’s role in the spring and fall migrations of shorebirds such as sandpipers, plovers, curlews and godwits. These migrations are inconspicuous, in part because of the fact that most long-distance shorebird flights occur at ni...