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Details
1.
November 20, 2005, Antelope
Island, Davis County, Utah
- ©Nicky Davis
2. July 20, 2005, Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah - ©Jack Binch
3.
April 27, 2003 - ©Nicky Davis - Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
Description
Length, 11.5 inches, Wingspan,
29 inches, Large head, low contrasting supercilium, wing to tail
ratio is shorter and bill is wider and not as pointed as the American
Golden-Plover. Black axillaries (armpits) are unique
Utah
Range Map
Other
Lives on shallow inland
saline lakes in the summer and on coastal flats in winters.Aggressive
in
breeding colonies and will dive-bomb intruders. One of their main
concentrations
in the summer is at Great Sale Lake. Feeds by thrusting bill
underwater
and swinging from side to side checking for fish, crustaceans,
aquatic
insects. Also eats seeds. Lays 4 dark-spotted olive eggs in
a shallow depression with little lining in the open on a mudflat, marsh
or beach. If water rises they build nest up with sticks and
weeds.
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