Cliff Roosting by Migrant Semipalmated Sandpipers, Calidris pusilla, at Farrier's Cove, Shepody Bay, New Brunswick

Authors

  • Colin M. MacKinnon Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, P. O. Box 6227, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1G6
  • Julie Dulude 1520 De Moscou, Drummondville, Québec J2C 8C5
  • Andrew C. Kennedy Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, P. O. Box 6227, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1G6
  • Sophie J. E. Surette 1590 A Larch Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3W8
  • Peter W. Hicklin Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, P. O. Box 6227, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1G6

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v122i3.616

Keywords:

Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla, Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus, roosting, RAMSAR (wetland of international importance), WHSRN (Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network), Farrier's Cove, Shepody Bay, New Brunswick

Abstract

An observation of Semipalmated Sandpipers roosting on a cliff face in Shepody Bay, New Brunswick, suggests changes from “traditional” roosting sites. Sandpipers may be altering their roosting patterns due to pressures from avian predators such as the recent, and successful, re-introduction of the Peregrine Falcon.

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