Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)

Group Sandpipers
Code ABNNF01070
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Author Wilson, 1813
Rank G5 (definitions)
Occurrence M (definitions)
Scale N (definitions)

County List:

Western UP none
Eastern UP none
Northern LP none
Southern LP none

Rule:

Forested or Mixed Forested/Nonforested Landscapes

      (Lake or Pond or River)
   adjacent to:
      Shorelines/Mudflats
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Habitat List:

Habitats Regen Sap Pole Sm Saw Lg Saw Uneven
Aspen nonononono-
Paper Birch nonononono-
Oak nononononono
Assorted Hardwoods nononononono
Northern Hardwoods nononononono
Spruce/Fir nononononono
Hemlock nononononono
Jack Pine nononononono
Red Pine nononononono
White Pine nononononono
Conifer Plantations nonononono-
Mixed Upland Hardwoods nononononono
Mixed Northern Hardwoods nononononono
Mixed Upland Conifer nononononono
Mixed Pine nononononono
Swamp Hardwoods nononononono
Balsam Poplar & Swamp Aspen & Swamp Birch nononononono
Bottomland Hardwoods nononononono
Tamarack nononononono
Northern White Cedar nononononono
Black Spruce nononononono
Mixed Lowland Hardwoods nononononono
Mixed Lowland Conifer nononononono
Non-ForestedLake, Pond, River, Shorelines & Mudflats
Special FeaturesRiparian

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Literature:

Kaufman, K. 1996. Lives of North American Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 675 pp.

Habitat: Streamsides, wooded swamps and ponds, fresh marshes. In migration generally along shaded streams and ponds, riverbanks, narrow channels in marshes. Sometimes along the edges of open mudflats, but generally avoids tidal flats and salt marsh. Nests in muskeg region, with bogs and ponds surrounded by forest of spruce and other trees.

Diet: Insects and other small aquatic creatures. Feeds on many insects of water and shore, including beetles, dragonfly nymphs, grasshoppers, also crustaceans, spiders, worms, mollusks, occasionally small frogs.