Bird Life by Frank Michler Chapman

Author:Frank Michler Chapman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510724501
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2018-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

Spotted Sandpiper,

Actitis macularia.

Plate XI.

Our only other common summer resident Snipe is the Spotted Sandpiper. It frequents the shores of lakes, ponds, and rivers, and is also found near the sea, but wherever seen may be known by its singular tipping, tetering motion, which has given it the names of Tip-up and Teter Snipe. It is also called Peet-weet, from its sharp call, rapidly repeated as it flies over the water. After gaining headway it sails for some distance, when its wide-stretched wings show a white bar or band.

The Spotted Sandpiper arrives from the South late in April and remains until October. It nests in the latter half of May, laying four pear-shaped eggs, in color white or buff, thickly spotted and speckled with chocolate, chiefly at the larger end. The young, like those of all Snipe, are born with a covering of downy feathers, and can run as soon as dry. The egg is, therefore, large in proportion to the size of the bird, and measures 1·25 by ·95 inches. (See Fig. 24a.)

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