The Upland Sandpiper is a grassland shorebird with a small, round head, large dark eyes, and a thin neck giving it an endearingly comical appearance. It perches on fence posts and calls with an eerie, liquid wolf whistle. Despite being a shorebird, it rarely visits water, spending its life in native grasslands where it has declined severely with habitat loss.
Habitat
Native short-grass and mixed-grass prairies and hayfields
Diet
Grasshoppers, beetles, and other grassland insects
How common
Uncommon
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