| 单词 | sandpiper |
| 例句 | Frightful looked down on black ducks, mallards, bluewinged teals, plovers, godwits, yellowlegs, sandpipers—all the migrating birds that loved wetlands. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The deluge slowed, the clouds circled counterclockwise, and a flock of spotted sandpipers blew in from the coast. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “That man we met was no sandpiper,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Ruddy turnstones called sleepily from their scattered roosts, and sandpipers whistled. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a few markings clustered together, like the footprints of a sandpiper that has abruptly taken flight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Perfect fellow for the job. Looks like a sandpiper, head to toe.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Some day the Dean would probably live entirely encased in a house of glass and be happy as a sandpiper. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen and Theresa’s voices seemed to perch like sandpipers on the stalwart breakwater that was Old Chao’s. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The ornithologist David Sibley says that in Cape May, New Jersey, he once spotted a bird in flight from two hundred yards away and knew, instantly, that it was a ruff, a rare sandpiper. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Here the birds are buntings and longspurs. They do not fly to the sea twice a day like the puffins and sandpipers that my father followed.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes Kapugen would whistle sandpiper songs and the birds would dip down to see which of their members had gotten lost in the grass. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Chipper as a sandpiper. She and Gran have been fine company for each other.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And my heart tightened as the first crowd swung imperturbably back to their looting with derisive cries, like sandpipers swinging around to glean the shore after a furious wave's recession. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no sound close by, but behind and below them, from the water meadow on the nearer bank of the Test, came faintly the shrill, incessant fussing of a pair of sandpipers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He moves through the water and mud with a jaunty, bowlegged motion, like a sandpiper. Explorer: Getting Muddy in the Netherlands 2010-05-19T21:49:00Z During this “magic hour,” a time for feeding, gannets, gulls, pelicans and terns plunge-dive into the fishy sea, as plovers and sandpipers glean tidal flats. An Untamed Island Meets Its Match 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Look for plovers on the ocean side and sandpipers on the harbor, McCuller advises. Hitchcock’s ‘Birds’ and the real birds of California’s Bodega Bay 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z More than half of our shorebird species are on this list, including a handsome sandpiper named the red knot, which winters on the Atlantic Seaboard. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time Tidal pools attract a variety of seabirds, from herons and egrets to willets and sandpipers. The South?s Most Secret Beaches 2010-03-26T17:07:00Z A quiet walk through grassy dunes to dip toes in the surf among scampering sandpipers. Visit Oysterville on the Long Beach Peninsula for fresh oysters and a slice of history 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The former Times critic Parul Sehgal noted that Watson covers vast terrain while “skittering back and forth like a sandpiper at the shores of language’s Great Debates.” New in Paperback: ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ and ‘Bloodlands’ 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Bingo: They were ruddy turnstones, sandpipers whose tricolor markings are sometimes compared to those of a calico cat. For These Bird Flu Researchers, Work Is a Day at the Very ‘Icky’ Beach 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z A few sandpipers scuttled around the edges — shorebirds from afar that had arrived with the floods and remained behind afterward for reasons of their own. Pakistani villages recover slowly from epic floods 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The first aviary focuses on shorebirds — plovers, sandpipers, sanderlings — that come to the Delaware Bay around Cape May, N.J., to munch on horseshoe crab eggs. National Zoo debuts a serene new habitat for birds and humans 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Female spotted sandpipers fight each other for resource-rich territories on their beach breeding grounds. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Billions of other young birds, including warblers and flycatchers, terns and sandpipers, set out on similarly spectacular and dangerous migrations every spring, skillfully navigating the night skies without any help from more experienced birds. How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Not any droppings would do; it had to be fresh excrement, ideally from ruddy turnstones and red knots, another sandpiper species. For These Bird Flu Researchers, Work Is a Day at the Very ‘Icky’ Beach 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Juvenile salmon shelter and feed in eelgrass beds there, while migratory sandpipers frequent nearby mud flats. Cargo-ship fiasco underscores growing risk in Salish Sea 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The light glinted off the kelp beds, roused the shorebirds and turned the waves translucent green before they crashed and chased the sandpipers up the beach. Oil spill puts spotlight on the magic and fragility of California’s coast 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z On the other hand, some of the birds in the aviary — including sandpipers, snowy plovers and oystercatchers — might need more time to adjust to visitors to their space. Monterey Bay Aquarium animals ready for their closeup with reopening set for May 15 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The sandpiper and the oystercatcher joined storks and vultures on what the researchers called the "not-so-pretty birds" end of the list. Why is this the 'most instagrammable' bird? 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Wildlife that may benefit from the project include rock sandpipers, chinook, sockeye, pink salmon and Cook Inlet beluga whales, the newspaper reported. Alaska to acquire habitat along Kasilof River via US grant 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z As much as 42 to 64 percent of the global population of western sandpipers stop at Roberts Bank, favoring it over other Fraser River mudflats. Slimy Mudflat Biofilms Feed Migratory Birds—and Could Be Threatened 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Almost a decade since that rescue mission, the two here are the first to be born in this UK spoon-billed sandpiper ark. With a million species at risk, what do we save? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The professional reason for my being on this island was to monitor the passage of the migratory shorebirds: sandpipers, plovers, curlews and godwits. Opinion | It’s September. Seize the moment. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z A few sandpipers pick their way to the water’s edge, and together we study the marine life beneath the waves. You’re going where? Pensacola, Fla. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z But in this corner of northwest Hong Kong, tens of thousands of cormorants, herons, egrets, sandpipers and other birds, including endangered species like the black-faced spoonbill, gather each winter to feed on the mud flats. A Rural Patch of Hong Kong Where Rare Birds Sing and Developers Circle 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z That increase coincides with the arrival of sandpipers, and it provides them with appropriate fuel for the 1,000-kilometer hop to their next stopover at the Stikine River in Alaska. Slimy Mudflat Biofilms Feed Migratory Birds—and Could Be Threatened 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Part of the reason the species was chosen for such particular attention was because the spoon-billed sandpiper "represents" thousands of kilometres of irreplaceable, threatened coastline. With a million species at risk, what do we save? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Among other subjects, the book explores the sea’s geography, its intertidal life, its deeps, diving mammals and birds, and epic migrations of some of its animals, from salmon to gray whales to sandpipers. New children’s book dives deep into the Salish Sea 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Case in point is the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper, which specializes in plucking tiny crustaceans from the mud with its eponymous beak. China moves to protect coastal wetlands used by migratory birds 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z All indications are that the recent and cataclysmic free-fall of the Spoon-billed sandpiper population is due to sustained hunting of these birds on migration and on their wintering grounds. East of Siberia: A Spoon-Billed Curiosity 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The researchers used western sandpipers, one of 93 shorebird species that saw their numbers decline after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Even tiny amounts of oil could doom seabirds 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Part of the fundraising for that was built not just on the perilous situation of the spoon-billed sandpiper, but on its cuteness. With a million species at risk, what do we save? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z I’m gaping at thousands of western sandpipers and dunlins twisting and turning against the sky creating an undulating kaleidoscope of color. How the Bay Area Is Restoring Nature's Delicate Balance I walked down the beach for a few minutes to talk to a friend, and when I returned, Nicholas was chasing a sandpiper, and Sendak was looking pleased. Maurice Sendak’s Wild Things 1966-01-14T05:00:00Z While it seems to share much of the same wintering habitat with Spoon-billed sandpipers and faces the same conservation threats, this is probably the first time you’re hearing of one. East of Siberia: A Spoon-Billed Curiosity 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Increasing temperates in the high Arctic are encouraging shore birds such as the Baird’s sandpiper to breed earlier in the season. The 10 species most at risk from climate change 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z In behaviour never witnessed before, male pectoral sandpipers were observed travelling to as many as 24 different “breeding sites” in northern Alaska within a single season, a team of scientists wrote in the journal Nature. Sandpipers go the extra 8,000 miles to have as much sex as possible 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z In a tip of the wing from the avian community, a murmuration of sandpipers swirls and dips above the rushing tide. How the Bay Area Is Restoring Nature's Delicate Balance There was a huge smile on his face for maybe half a second, and then he ran after the sandpiper. Maurice Sendak’s Wild Things 1966-01-14T05:00:00Z The reality is that the Nordmann’s greenshank is a dull, anonymous thing, indistinguishable to most eyes from the pulsing masses of sandpipers, stints, and redshanks flecking Asia’s shores during migration. East of Siberia: A Spoon-Billed Curiosity 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The number of animal species has more than doubled and now includes a mix of monkeys, owls, sandpipers, egrets, crocodile-like caimans and capybaras, the world’s largest rodent. Resilient Golf Turf Faces Test at Olympics 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z How a celebrated milestone for the spoon-billed sandpiper turned to sadness. Conservation heartbreak for endangered bird - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Cuteness aside, though, sandpipers are pretty confusing, because "sandpiper" is both a species name and the colloquial name for the Scolopacidae family of birds. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Note: Finding Dory screens with the wordless Pixar short "Piper," about a baby sandpiper learning to contend with the ocean. Pixar's Finding Dory isn’t about family, it’s about living with disability 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z This Spoon-billed sandpiper was born somewhere in the Arctic of northeastern Russia, in the spring of 1988, a diminutive fluff camouflaged among the tundra vegetation. East of Siberia: A Spoon-Billed Curiosity 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z This spring, environmentalists have been buzzing about the discovery of a pair of upland sandpipers, potbellied shorebirds that are extremely rare in this part of the state. Where Coyotes, Foxes and Bobolinks Find a New Home: Freshkills Park 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Biologists need to be just as concerned about them before ruddy turnstones and semi-palmated sandpipers join the red knot on the brink, he said. NJ plants, animals get attention before they’re endangered 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z There are dozens of Scolopacidae species spanning the globe, and while close to two dozen have "sandpiper" in their names, many more don't: godwits, woodcocks, stints, knots, yellowlegs, etc. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The story itself is nothing particularly special — here's that standard kid-film message about believing in yourself, being brave enough to try new things, etc. — but the characterization of the sandpipers is marvelous. Pixar's Finding Dory isn’t about family, it’s about living with disability 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Related: UK criticised for failure to defend European nature protection laws UK wading birds added to the “near threatened” category include the knot, curlew, sandpiper, bar-tailed godwit, oystercatcher and lapwing. Puffins and turtle doves at risk of being wiped out, say experts 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Here, a field guide to the gear you’ll need to spot everything from sandpipers to swallows. Birding in the Digital Age: A Primer 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z They saw cinnamon teal and hummingbirds near the coast rather than inland, and western sandpipers and dunlins were switching to kelp flies on the beach instead of insects in a flooded meadow. Birds Are Dying As Drought Ravages Avian Highways 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Some sandpiper groups sound like fancy Victorian musical instruments or board games: whimbrels and willets, dowitchers, dunlins, shanks, and tattlers. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Tarred, feathered sandpipers and oil-coated otters featured in devastating nightly news footage. America’s Second-Worst Oil Spill Is Still Scarring the Shores of Alaska 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The birds include surf scoters, dunlins, Western sandpipers and eared grebes. Mystery goo: Scientists closer to solving deadly puzzle 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The situation of the planet’s most threatened species, which include 90% of all lemurs and species such as the blue-tongued forest giraffe and spoon-billed sandpiper, is getting worse rather than better. UN biodiversity report highlights failure to meet conservation targets 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Functional association of bill morphology and foraging behaviour in calidrid sandpipers. Bird behaviour, the ‘deep time’ perspective 2014-01-27T12:35:26Z To further confuse the matter, sandpipers are often territorial in regard to other species, but they're pretty chill with each other. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z It is no surprise that we did not have any images of 11 pipers piping, however we did find this spectacular shot of a green sandpiper by Richard Nicoll. Nature's 12 days of Christmas 2013-12-25T02:42:44Z Shorebirds are a rather loosely defined group that includes familiar species like sandpipers, plovers and killdeers as well as the more exotic avocets, stilts and whimbrels. City Room: A Quiet Beauty Flying By 2013-08-30T18:30:41Z Birdlife partners are also establishing projects globally to protect endangered birds such as the African penguin, spoon-billed sandpiper and Azores bullfinch. Birds 'show value of conservation' 2013-06-20T00:23:32Z The opposite sex, on the other hand—the female red phalarope and male pectoral sandpiper—were gallivanting about at all hours, probably looking for new mates. Arctic Birds Have Wild Rhythms 2013-06-19T00:15:00Z A lot of sandpiper species nest or feed in mixed flocks, follow the same migratory paths, and interbreed. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Endangered spoon-billed sandpipers arriving at their wintering grounds in China are being threatened by nets designed to trap shorebirds. Rare sandpiper threatened by nets 2013-01-19T02:06:29Z These particular pectoral sandpipers live in the Arctic, and this means that their breeding season has an interesting peculiarity: the sun never sets. Can't sleep, havin' sex! 2012-10-08T12:45:05.880Z By analysing these data, along with brain activity recordings, the team found that some male pectoral sandpipers were extremely active during the whole day, whereas others were engaging with fewer females, choosing instead to sleep. More sex for sleep deprived birds 2012-08-09T19:14:10Z To make the discovery, scientists caught almost all of the males and a few females from a population of sandpipers living on the Arctic tundra. ScienceShot: It Pays to Stay Up All Night 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z Identifying specific sandpiper species induces headaches even in serious birders. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Last month four spoon-billed sandpipers were sighted at new wintering grounds in Fucheng, south-west Guangdong Province: the latest evidence that the bird is migrating to more widespread areas in China than previously known. Rare sandpiper threatened by nets 2013-01-19T02:06:29Z And this is where we bring in the pectoral sandpiper. Can't sleep, havin' sex! 2012-10-08T12:45:05.880Z Yet this appeared not to phase the "super-active" pectoral sandpipers with the individuals developing "adaptive" sleep loss being more successful, from an evolutionary point of view, even after migrating vast distances from the Southern hemisphere. More sex for sleep deprived birds 2012-08-09T19:14:10Z Males that got almost no sleep fathered at least eight baby sandpipers, while those that slept for up to 55% of the time were lucky to father one, the team reports online today in . ScienceShot: It Pays to Stay Up All Night 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z "Piper" director Alan Barillaro says the birds in his short film are mostly sanderlings, a species of small sandpipers he encountered in the Bay Area. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The spoon-billed sandpiper chicks were about the size of a large bumblebee when they hatched and will remain in captivity at Slimbridge. Endangered birds hatch in the UK 2012-07-13T02:20:07Z The sandpipers ran eagerly about in pursuit, giving little plaintive squeaks, and leaving their tiny tracks impressed upon the wet sand. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The kingfisher was common; the swallows had not yet taken their flight, and in some places the sandpiper was seen upon the bank. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Small birds there are, of course, in numbers, such as wag-tails, sandpipers, and the oddly crying and flying redshank, a shore bird. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z Like most sandpipers, sanderlings have a massive migration range, sometimes thousands of miles, depending on where they choose to settle outside of breeding season. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z In watching the sandpiper rise from the white beach and dart across the water, in listening to his sweet, whistling “peet-weet!” note, speculations about the habits of the vaurien, the good-for-nothing young vagrant, were forgotten. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z A flock of friendly sandpipers and turnstones in wading. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z GREENSHANK, one of the largest of the birds commonly known as sandpipers, the Totanus glottis of most ornithological writers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Once, by night, we recognized the well-known note of the green-shank, and at intervals a green sandpiper would spring from some muddy pool. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z So when the sanderlings weren't around, Barillaro and his staff studied Western sandpipers, godwits, and other relatives, which also turn up in "Piper." In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z “Whew! he’s spotted like a sandpiper’s egg,” said Nixon, looking at the head and back of the marbled seal. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z If by no other sign, you may distinguish sandpipers by their constant call, peep-peep. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Dainty avocets, sandpipers and other wading birds were to be seen here and there in the shallows, while ashore the francolins were calling sharply to one another. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z A pack of avocets swept by in chattering flight: ruffs and redshanks, green sandpipers, and others of that class, with whole troops of plovers, splashed and preened in the shallows. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z So basically, Pixar is saying a sandpiper is a sandpiper, and more detailed species analysis should be left to the experts. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The red-backed sandpiper, or American dunlin, is one of the larger members of the genus and quite plentiful on the Coast marshes, but it is seldom seen in the interior valleys except during its migrations. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night When the loosed storm breaks furiously? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A sandpiper may appear as large as a duck; or a hawk, as small as a sparrow. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z Small game, as ducks, snipes, and sandpipers, is abundant. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z So here's a random smattering of fun stuff about specific sandpiper species: In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z From a marshy pool half a dozen migrating sandpipers flew up and circled down to the shore. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z For sandpipers play By the pools to-day; And kittiwakes laugh As the light they quaff. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z The ‘summer snipe,’ or sandpiper, comes to the lake regularly year after year, and remains during the warm months. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Last night we had dotterel and sandpipers for dinner, this morning greenshanks, which are very good birds indeed. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z These Western sandpipers are resting after a long day of scum-ball rolling. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z In early summer, the Yamuna is packed with long-legged sandpipers, pond herons, and lesser whistling teals - ducks to you and me. Avian capital 2011-07-02T11:11:03Z Golden plover and sandpipers abound, and as you ride along the spur-winged plover, or "pteru-pteru" rises with its shrill cry, and wheels round and round over one's head. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z No other place for some distance is visited by the sandpiper: none of the ponds, or brooks; only the lake. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z We fished with fly and minnow all the way, but took nothing, there being a good deal of thunder round about; but Esau shot some more sandpipers. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z According to various questionably reliable internet sources, like WhatBird.com and MyVocabulary.com, a group of sandpipers is called a "bind," a "contradiction," a "fling," a "hill," or a "time-step." In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z He could hear the little sandpiper screaming at Orry's Head across the bay. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Late as was the hour, he could hear the little sandpiper screaming at Orris Head. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The plovers and sandpipers and snipes run rapidly. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z And with this monotonous view harmonized the monotonous music of the breakers, interrupted at times by the cry of a gull or the melancholy piping of a sandpiper. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Most of these terms are ridiculous, given the way sandpipers tend to tear around like little raver marching bands, rather than piling up into hills or getting tangled up into binds. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z And the semipalmated sandpiper, small enough to fit into a teacup, migrates between South America and the Arctic, “through gales and hurricanes, over mountains and ocean.” Half a Lifetime Spent in Pursuit of Waterbirds 2009-12-15T21:18:00Z But as the afternoon wears on and the water retreats, a crowd of little birds arrives to feast in the shallows: short-billed dowitchers, Western sandpipers, a black-bellied plover. Jonathan Franzen: American Author on TIME Pens 'Freedom' 2010-08-28T14:10:00Z I make out the snow-bird, the bobolink, the warblers, and on two nights during the early part of May I heard very clearly the call of the sandpipers. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z The latter either live on fish, as the heron, spoonbill, stork, ibis, &c., or search for insects in the mud, as the oyster-catcher, plover, sandpiper, &c. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History We saw dainty Wilson's plover with their chicks, and also semipalmated sandpipers. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Just at this moment a bird flew over us, which Johansen, who is standing just outside the tent, took to be a kind of sandpiper. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The little birds found along the streams, like squabs and sandpipers, are fat and give the chowder a fine flavor. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions I saw blackbirds at this place, and sparrows, and the solitary sandpiper, and the Canada woodpecker, and a large number of humming-birds. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z The kill-deer plover vibrates between the grassy meadow and the beach, but he, as well as the sandpiper, prefers to stake his domestic happiness on dry ground. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The plover family have stout, short bills, while the sandpipers and woodcock belong to a family which have soft probing bills of greatly varying length, for obtaining their food in soft mud. Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago Stints and sandpipers whirl hither and thither, and graceful black-and-white avocets, with their singular, upturned, slender bills, and long, red-legged stilt-plovers, haunt the shallows. Tales of South Africa "Well, my merry little sandpiper!" cried the old salt, "you should have stayed at home!" Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe Simple is my joy As the little sandpiper's, Who follows beside me With silvery song; Blither than the breeze, That skims great billows Nor knows how deep Is their flow—or strong. Sea Poems Another dainty person who haunts these same shallows is the spotted sandpiper, the much loved "teeter-tail." Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road They resort to the mud-flats at ebbing water, while thousands of sandpipers and plovers, with here and there a spoonbill and flamingo, are seen amongst them. Wanderings in South America I left hermits and veeries, I said adieu to sandpipers and grosbeaks, and went to the village to abide with the shrike family. Upon The Tree-Tops Across the lonely beach we flit, One little sandpiper and I, And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls The swallow is lingering on, And the silvery swift sandpiper, And I—tho I know my saddened heart Has lost an ineffable thing, That summer no more can bring. Sea Poems A hundred ghastly fears and fancies strutted a moment, pecking at the young girl's naked heart, like sandpipers on the weltering beach. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Speaking of courtship after marriage, I am reminded of a spotted sandpiper, whose capers I amused myself with watching, one day last June, on the shore of Saco Lake. Birds in the Bush Two years in succession I have been at the seashore during the autumnal migration of sandpipers and plovers. The Foot-path Way The lesser sandpipers, both the spotted and the solitary, teeter along the brooks and ponds, and probe the shallows for tiny worms. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The little sandpiper tilts and picks His food, on the wet sea-marges hid, Till sudden a wave comes in and flicks Him off, then flashes away to bid Another frighten him—as it did. Sea Poems This class includes the little spotted sandpipers which you often see running or flying along the shores of a river or lake. Our Bird Comrades Pipits "Up over theBottomless Pit" The pipits frequently flitted from rock to rock, teetering their slender bodies like sandpipers, and chirping their disapproval of my presence. Birds of the Rockies I do not fear for thee, though wroth The tempest rushes through the sky; For are we not God’s children, both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I? Graded Memory Selections Now and then we recognise the flight of some particular species,—the swinging loop of a woodpecker or goldfinch, or the flutter of a sandpiper. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Ho! and Oho! it was a day to be gay in, with so many new amusements wherever three brave, fearless little sandpipers might stray. Bird Stories On we went, skimming over inflowing ridges with exhilarating undulations, light as a sandpiper. Old Junk A few cowbirds, red-winged blackbirds, and spotted sandpipers were seen in the park, but they are too familiar to merit more than casual mention. Birds of the Rockies The purple sandpiper lays its four or five eggs in a pretty little nest of dry straw on open grassy or mossy plains a little distance from the sea. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Strange birds these, in appearance like thrushes, in their haunts and in their teetering motion like sandpipers, but in reality belonging to the same family as the tree-loving wood warblers. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Was that the way to speak to three big, 'most-grown-up sandpiper sons, who had wandered about so free of will the livelong day? Bird Stories They resort to the mudflats in ebbing water, while thousands of sandpipers and plovers, with here and there a spoonbill and flamingo, are seen among them. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure There were thousands of sandpipers in enormous flocks, mixed with king plovers, dunlins, and turnstones, which followed the ebb tides, and returned again in whirling clouds before the oncoming floods. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell The singular spoon-billed sandpiper was at one time in spring so common that it was twice served at the gunroom table, for which after Spoon Billed Sandpiper From Church Land. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Oh yes, it is rare—rare like kingfishers, and sandpipers, and herons, and black eagles. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Did they need no older company, now that they looked like grown-up sandpipers except that their vests had no big polka dots splashed over them? Bird Stories Myriads of wild-fowl—from the lordly swan to the twittering sandpiper—swarmed among its sedgy lakelets, while grouse and ptarmigan were to be seen in large flocks on its uplands. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole One might as well ask how long the sandpipers and oyster-catchers had bred on their separate grounds under the north slope of the cliffs towards Brefar. Major Vigoureux In the company of the purple sandpiper there is often seen a somewhat larger wader, or, more correctly, a bird intermediate between the waders and the swimming birds. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II For are we not God’s children both, Thou little sandpiper and I?” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 You didn't think those sandpipers stayed in Brazil? Bird Stories Ducks, divers, geese, gulls, all the Russian species of snipes and sandpipers, etc., cover the marshes of the tundras, or the crags of the Lapland coast. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers A shrill but feeble pipe is the cry of the sandpiper, disturbed on his moist feeding-ground. Nature Near London They saw sandpipers, and a green reed near the ship. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Stanch friends are we, well-tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night When the loosed storm breaks furiously? The Ontario Readers Third Book Yes, that proves that they must be sandpipers, even if we did have doubts of those eggs. Bird Stories Thence we debouched upon the surf-lashed shore, tripped over by the sandpiper and the curlew and roped by the bright-flowered convolvulus. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative With the duck come demoiselle cranes, curlews, storks, and sandpipers of various species. A Bird Calendar for Northern India More than forty sandpipers came to the ship in a flock, and two boobies, and a ship’s boy hit one with a stone. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 He sounded the cry of our arrival, and came skurrying like a sandpiper, his scant gown tripping him, his cap askew. Montlivet No one who hears the wail of a frightened sandpiper begging protection for her young can sit unmoved. Bird Stories Near the shore a number of sandpipers were shot, and stewed for dinner in the large iron pot which was half full of mutton fat. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned That was because they were fond of sandpipers' eggs, and there were none in that bush. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated “To God,” he says, “be many thanks given, the air being pleasant and temperate, with no weed, many sandpipers, and flying-fish coming on the deck in numbers.” The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Here were yellow butterflies, sandpipers and kingfishers, and now and then an eagle cleaved the dazzling blue overhead with magnificent wing-strokes. Diane of the Green Van There were the plovers racing after each other, the sandpipers, the snipes, starlings, and ducks. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel A migrating flight of curlew, snipe, plover or sandpipers is worth much more to the farmer alive than dead. Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 The little sandpipers looked at each other in terror. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated They saw sandpipers, and some small sticks, a sign that they were near land. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Across the lonely beach we flit, One little sandpiper and I, And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered driftwood, bleached and dry. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader Surely the easiest, least willed motion in all the universe is this sandpiper's teeter, teeter, teeter, as it hurries peering and prying along the shore. Roof and Meadow And she looks like one o' these sandpipers ye see along shore. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod "Good gracious me!" cried both the little sandpipers. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated The common sandpipers' eggs assimilate so closely with the tints around them as to make their discovery a matter of no small difficulty, as every oologist can testify who has searched for them. Darwinism (1889) "Jest as thick as sandpipers along The Beaches, I shouldn't wonder," put in Cap'n Joab, at last tempted beyond his strength. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper Killdeers and sandpipers are noisy birds; and one would know, after half a day upon the marsh, even if he had never seen these birds before, that they could not have been bred here. Roof and Meadow "I didn't know the old sandpiper had so much poetry in his soul." Ted Strong's Motor Car "Let's jump off quick, or he'll take us clear into last week!" cried the silly sandpipers, and then they skipped off and ran down the beach in the opposite direction. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated The snipes and the great army of sandpipers furnish innumerable instances of protectively coloured eggs. Darwinism (1889) There ye be, Mr. Lawford," crowed the man, "as chipper as a sandpiper. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper They ran away screaming, leaving behind a pair of spotted sandpipers, "till-tops," that had been wading with them in the shallow water. Roof and Meadow I would as soon be caught stealing a sheep as to be seen trying to shoot fishy yellow legs or little joke sandpipers for the purpose of feeding upon them. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation But as for the sandpipers, they went on getting into trouble. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated Blackbirds of two or three kinds are found in the marshes, also killdeer, jacksnipe and the ever active and interesting spotted sandpipers. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The flight of a flock of sandpipers, the flowing tides, the white line of the bar at the mouth of the bay—all are exact. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment Staunch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night, When the loosed storm breaks furiously? Voices for the Speechless They are eaten by the Wilson phalarope, avocet, black-necked stilt, pectoral sandpiper, killdeer, and upland plover. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation We are treated to peeps into the nests of the orange-crowned warbler, the hermit thrush, and that shy wader, the spotted sandpiper. The New North And her faith expressed itself in a later verse: I do not fear for thee, though wroth The tempest rushes through the sky: For are we not God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I? Quit Your Worrying! On the 29th, about twenty brace of quail and as many landrail were shot, in addition to many oyster-catchers, plovers, godwits, and sandpipers. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 The larks were singing, and the little sandpipers fluttering about them, uttering their curious call. North, South and over the Sea Wireworms and their adult forms, click beetles, are devoured by the northern phalarope, woodcock, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper, killdeer, and upland plover. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The banks were frequented by gulls and sandpipers, of which many were shot. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 And so Celia Thaxter sang of the sandpiper: He has no thought of any wrong, He scans me with a fearless eye. Quit Your Worrying! Once I had a thrill when a pair of sandpipers flicked out of a tiny cove and flew, glancing white, with pointed wings ahead of us. The Silent Isle Such a rara avis as the grey phalarope--a wading bird like the sandpiper--occasionally finds its way to the Cotswolds. A Cotswold Village Beside the ocean a flock of sandpipers is needed to complete the beautiful picture; but on the table a sandpiper is beneath contempt. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Of the feathered tribe a hawk and a pigeon were the only land-birds seen; but boobies, terns, and sandpipers were very numerous about the shores. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 It is remarkable from its quiet habits; it lives entirely on the sea-beach, like a sandpiper. The Voyage of the Beagle Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W Birds like ducks and sandpipers became common sights. Introductory American History She must stop killing doves, blackbirds, wild turkeys, sandpipers, and all the squirrels save the red squirrel. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The scene was represented in winter when there wasn't any little sandpiper. Sketches from Concord and Appledore They resort to the mud-flats at ebbing water, while thousands of sandpipers and plovers, with here and there a spoonbill and flamingo, are seen amongst them. Wanderings in South America Two or three gulls flew a little out from shore, and the tracks of a sandpiper led from the wet shingle to the first fringe of sandgrass higher up. Bertram Cope's Year Suddenly it flashed across me that this was only my sandpiper's way of concealing from me a nest; and I remembered reading about this little trick of hers in a book of natural history. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories Especially is the shooting of plover, sandpiper, marsh and beach birds, rail, duck, geese and brant from September 1, to April 15, an outrage. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation It was very funny to see the old daddy merman, with a switch made of reeds, shooing off the saucy birds, such as the sandpipers and screeching gulls. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks The water there is so shallow that our governess used to allow us to wander at will, to run on ahead in pursuit of a sandpiper. Memoirs of My Dead Life I do not remember to have seen on the whole Busang River the most familiar of all birds on the Bornean rivers, an ordinary sandpiper that flits before you on the beach. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 A sandpiper on the shore, loons, ducks, gulls, and crows, a few of each, and a bald eagle are all the birds I have noticed thus far. Travels in Alaska Adults and larvae of these flies have been found in the stomachs of the dowitcher, the pectoral sandpiper, the hudsonian godwit, and the killdeer. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation For part of the year the beach is the resort of the red-necked sandpiper, which has an enormous appetite for the small, live things of the sea's margin. Tropic Days After flowing a few yards it ends in a shallow pool, surrounded by palms and paved with mud, which attracts flights of snipes, sandpipers, and sandgrouse. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 The dried-up bed of an old arm of the Koosee was quite close to my camp, and abounded in sandpiper, and golden, grey, goggle-eyed, and stilted plover, besides other game. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Meanwhile, the sandpiper has stolen away, I know not when or where. A Florida Sketch-Book Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sandpiper and I; And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered driftwood bleached and dry. Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study Next came a sandpiper and gazed at me with much the same guileless expression of eye as the Ouzel. The Mountains of California Little sandpipers appeared and some huge gray cormorants. The Spanish Chest Yellow loosestrife is rising, thick comfrey stands at the very edge; the sandpipers run where the shore is free from bushes. The Life of the Fields Two or three solitary cormorants would be shooting back and forth at a furious rate, or swimming in midstream; and sometimes a few spotted sandpipers and killdeer plovers were feeding along the shore. A Florida Sketch-Book Staunch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night When the loosed storm breaks furiously? Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study Animal life became somewhat less rare; we saw sandpipers, hawks, white and black fish-eagles, and long-legged water-hens, here supposed to give excellent sport. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Across the narrow beach, we flit, One little sandpiper and I; And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered driftwood bleached and dry. Friends and Helpers A belated sandpiper flew into the cove, peeped, and flew out. Aladdin O'Brien The world about him was twisted and black, a dizzily revolving thing—yet his still fighting mental vision pictured clearly for him a monstrous, bulging-eyed sandpiper as big as a house. The Flaming Forest I do not fear for thee, though wroth The tempest rushes through the sky: For are we not God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I? Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study I saw blackbirds at this place, and sparrows, and the solitary sandpiper and the Canada woodpecker, and a large number of hummingbirds. Wake-Robin I do not fear for thee, though wroth The tempest rushes through the sky: For are we not God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I? Friends and Helpers Amongst other totems were once the Bralgah, Native Companion, and Dibbee, a sort of sandpiper, but their kins are quite extinct as far as our blacks are concerned; the birds themselves are still plentiful. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia The sandpiper, a bit startled, had gone back to the edge of the river and was running a race with himself along the wet sand. The Flaming Forest The jolter-head thought it was a sandpiper, but he wasn't much further out than you with your jacksnipes. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn The plovers and sandpipers and snips run rapidly. Wake-Robin The little sandpipers about him play, The shining waves they skim, Or round his feet they seek their food, and stay As if to comfort him. Friends and Helpers We spent the evening shooting, and had splendid sport, our bag consisting of ducks of various species, pigeon, spur-winged plover, curlew, sandpipers, etc. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines More than three hours had passed since the sandpiper had got in front of his gun. The Flaming Forest He would have pushed his acquaintance still nearer, but as his boat rounded the point, with one accord they all scuttled away like frightened sandpipers. Under the Redwoods I make out the snowbird, the bobolink, the warblers, and on two nights during the early part of May I heard very clearly the call of the sandpipers. Wake-Robin The sand had been blown by the wind into ridges and undulations, and over the more moist parts, large flocks of sandpipers were running about. The Naturalist on the River Amazons At high noon the shadow of a seagull's wing, or a sudden flurry and gray squall of sandpipers, themselves but shadows, was all that broke the monotonous glare of the level sands. Drift from Two Shores The river rippled and murmured in cooling song just beyond the sandpiper. The Flaming Forest The spotted sandpiper will run along the stones before you, crying, "wet-feet, wet-feet!" and bowing and teetering in the friendliest manner, as if to show you the way to the best pools. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness As I stepped out from a thicket on to the shingly bank of the river, a spotted sandpiper teetered along before me, followed by three young ones. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things Flocks of white gulls were flying overhead, uttering their well- known cry, and sandpipers coursed along the edge of the water. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The near-sighted little sandpiper had discovered him and seemed interested in the operation. The Flaming Forest And in looking he saw the gray and silver flash of the hard-working sandpiper. The Flaming Forest He felt an even greater desire to wring the neck of the inquisitive little sandpiper. The Flaming Forest Now, that trivial experience was what I call a piece of good luck—for me, and, in the event, for the sandpiper. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things If the sandpiper had been a man, he would have called him up to shake hands with him. The Flaming Forest |
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