Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Curlew Sandpiper
male did not rise quite so high nor was so sustained. That
of the third male was weakest of the three - not very
loud and barely rose on the scale.
The female after-flushing made several cruising
flights around the area (100ft radius), uttering a very
high-pitched twittering while the male gave a low-pitched,
very rich "chirrup-chirrup".
The area over which the Nest 2 male displayed
appeared to be smaller than that of the Nest 1 male
but that may be because we were disturbing his nest.
20 June NARL, Barrow, Alaska
Mine Fitzgerald found two more Curlew Sandpiper
nests within the territories of our previously discovered
males' and Dr. Pitella found a third under construction;
thus polygamy is a fact in this species
22 June NARL, Barrow, Alaska
Nest camera placed on Nest 1 at 1630, Female returned to
nest after about 5 minutes of hesitation
23 June NARL, Barrow, Alaska
Changed film at 2330. Female not incubating.
Dr. Pitella and myself searched in vain for Curlew Sandpipers
on Gasline Ridge where he had heard them previously
25 June NARL, Barrow, Alaska
Removed nest 1 camera at 0930. Female Curlew displaced
(one flash)
Dunlin from mound by wings - flashing and moving toward him
a few steps. Photographed ♀ and ♂ at 2300, 2♂
giving displays. ♀ chased Pectorals repeatedly near nest,