ABSTRACT: The recent demonstration of mudflat surficial biofilm feeding by western sandpiper Calidris mauri has provided new insight into the feeding ecology of shorebirds. We assessed feeding modes ...

1. Calidris mauri Cabanis (Western Sandpiper) exhibits a pronounced post-growth age-dependent difference in small intestine size during southward migration, such that the later-migrating juveniles ...

The authors found that in three shorebird species, including the western sandpiper (Calidris mauri), pictured here, the birds of a pair that is rearing 'illegitimate' offspring are more closely ...

Since 1993, the Wildlife Ecology Chair at Simon Fraser University has fostered a research network to examine the year-round activites of highly migratory shorebirds,emphasizing the Western Sandpiper, ...