Minnesota Seasons - Upland Sandpiper


Upland Sandpiper			No Image Available
Bartramia longicauda

Status	Common
Habitat	Tallgrass prairie, open grasslands, prairies, hayfields, sedge meadows, unmowed alfalfa and timothy fields.
Size	11″ to 12½″


Identification

Voice

Similar Species

Food	Grasshoppers, beetles, other insects

Nesting

Sightings	Compass Prairie SNA Holthe Prairie SNA		Red Rock Prairie Sedan Brook Prairie SNA Town Hall Prairie Yellow Bank Hills SNA

Comments	Can often be seen perching on fenceposts on its breeding grounds.

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Taxonomy	Order:	Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
	Family:	Scolopacidae (sandpipers)

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