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SHOREBIRD FEEDING OBSERVATIONS
Sample: 19 July - Micro Met Area
001 a 17 f - w - 3/1-A-4/3-Co
15 peck + 2 ser jab 10 - 12 ea.
Observation number
Species:
a - Calidris alpina P.d. - Pluvialis Dominica
b - C. bairdii A.i. - Arenaria interpres
p - C. pusillus P.f. - Phalaropus fulicarius
m - C. melanotos others - improvise
Time: to last hour of 24 hour clock
Topography:
f - flat or gentle slope m - mound
lp - low polygon ch - channel
rp - raised polygon s - stream bank
tr - trough (d) - any of above
e - pond edge disturbed by man
po - pond
Moisture:
pw - pond sat - saturated
sw - standing water w - wet
(flooded tundra) d - dry
Vegetation:
0 - bare or negligible
1 - 5-25% 3 - 51-75%
2 - 26-50% 4 - 76-100%
Evaluated separately for graminiform and broad-
leaved herbs, and expressed as a fraction -
graminiform/broad-leaved
Height:
In inches,
total height (to top of vegetation)
height of living vegetation(to top of green)
Lemming activity:
C0, C1, C2, C3 - no, light, moderate,
heavy cutting
Gr - "grubbing"
Style:
peck, jab, probe