Mayhew 1947 April 26 Dowitcher Bay Farm Island, Alameda Co., Calif. a great many individual of this species were seen feeding along the shore-line. They followed the tide out, feeding out the farthest of any of the shorebirds. However, Hudsonian Curlews & Mailed Snodwits were seen feeding out as far as the Dowitchers. These birds wade out until the belly is almost touching the water, stick[illegible] head under water up to the eyes. They seem to be continually on the move, except when the head is in the water feeding. Some of them feed 6 or 8 feet up the beach from the water. They scatter up and down the beach in a long, thin line just along the edge of the water when feeding. The bill is much longer than that of the Knot, although the breasts are both reddish in breeding season. Also, the Knot feeds closer inshore than the Dowitchers usually do.