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Common and Spotted Sandpipers (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 360
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Common and Spotted Sandpipers (Paperback)
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List price R592
Loot Price R536
Discovery Miles 5 360
You Save R56 (9%)
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This wonderful book describes the fascinating lives of the two most
ubiquitous shorebirds in the world. Between them the Common
Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) and Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis
macularia) make use of a large part of the world's terrestrial
habitat and they exhibit many of the exciting features of
shorebirds. As the birds arrive on the breeding ground, their
displays are spectacular and their sounds are an exciting
announcement of springtime. Unusually, the Spotted Sandpiper
appears to be the only bird where the female is the territory
holder, laying successive clutches of eggs for different males to
care for, while the male of the Common Sandpiper holds the
territory, has one mate, and shares most duties. They stay on the
breeding grounds only as long as is essential to reproduce before
making a migration southwards to a broad range of non-breeding
homes in Central and South America, Africa, India, and eastwards to
Australia with vagrants reaching as far as Tristan da Cunha and New
Zealand. The Common Sandpiper has also been recorded breeding in
East Africa and wintering in Scotland so their flexibility is
amazing. The author has spent over 40 years studying the lives of
these fantastic birds and provides a wealth of information
including their breeding behaviour, migrations, distribution, food
sources, habitats and their history from the present back to 36
million years ago. This beautiful book will hopefully stimulate
others to watch these worldwide birds more appreciatively and add
to our knowledge.
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