Claim to fame: This long-beaked bird may have the biological classification of “shorebird,” but when it’s in Missouri, it probably won’t be anywhere near shores. In this area, as is the case ...

The upland sandpiper was "bird of the week" one year ago this month, and this column described the bird's qualifications. These included a bit of trivia, that this is the only species whose common ...

The upland sandpiper is different from other birds in several respects. To begin with, it has two common names. For the last 30 years or so, it's been called upland sandpiper; earlier, it was often ...

If you’re in grasslands or fields in Wyoming and you keep getting whistled at, you’re hearing an upland sandpiper! These birds use their distinctive song to defend their breeding territory and attract ...

The upland sandpiper is one of a few shorebirds that actually spends most of its life away from the water. The Sandpiper Family consists of some 51 North American species including those that only ...

Have you ever wondered where upland sandpipers stood before there were fence posts? Is it possible that there were no upland sandpipers before there were fence posts? There are 82 species of ...

A short billed dowitcher was found in Washington. An Upland Sandpiper, Marsh Wren, American pipts, and Connecticut warbler were in Northampton. Over the last two days, over 2500 broad-winged hawks ...

No Ohio-breeding bird migrates farther than upland sandpipers. These long-winged shorebirds breed in hayfields, meadows, prairies and other open places. That stands in contrast to most shorebirds, ...

Chris Hollister and I spent a pleasant hour recently at the landfill on the west and south sides of Clarence’s Tillman Road Wildlife Management Area. Midsummer is not a particularly interesting time ...

The tweety whistles overhead made me look up even though I knew I wouldn’t actually see what was issuing those sounds. Nevertheless, I stopped walking and listened into the star-filled sky until the ...

The upland sandpiper is different from other birds in several respects. To begin with, it has two common names. For the last 30 years or so, it's been called upland sandpiper; earlier, it was often ...