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upland sandpiper
noun
: a large short-billed American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) that frequents fields and prairies
called also upland plover
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During a visit, guests can keep their eyes to the skies in search of American goshawks and bald eagles all throughout the year, while summer brings the opportunity to spot a wealth of migratory species including the upland sandpiper, Bohemian waxwing and snow bunting.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The overall goal is to sustain and enhance sandplain grassland habitat, a habitat that many species rely on to survive and reproduce, including grassland nesting birds like the upland sandpiper, grasshopper sparrow, eastern meadowlark, and savannah sparrow.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2024
Hampden County: Several upland sandpipers between Perimeter Road and the Stony Brook Wetlands in Ludlow, four Acadian flycatchers in Granville, a hooded warbler at the Grace Robson Wildlife Sanctuary in Westfield, and a blue grosbeak at the Southwick Wildlife Management Area in Southwick.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
There were six Northern shovelers, an upland sandpiper, and a late snow bunting at Nantucket and an eared grebe continued at Marblehead.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
Sixteen whimbrels and 32 Hudsonian godwits off Horseneck Beach in Westport, an early great cormorant at Gooseberry Neck in Westport, and an upland sandpiper off Mishaum Point Road in South Dartmouth.
—Grace Gilson, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
An upland sandpiper, also endangered in the state, has been documented on the prairie.
—Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021
There was a tricolored heron at Magnolia Point in Gloucester and an upland sandpiper at Logan Airport.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2019
Notable breeding species include Henslow's sparrow, king and Virginia rails, upland sandpiper, least bitterns, American bitterns and common snipe.
—Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 2 Feb. 2018
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The overall goal is to sustain and enhance sandplain grassland habitat, a habitat that many species rely on to survive and reproduce, including grassland nesting birds like the upland sandpiper, grasshopper sparrow, eastern meadowlark, and savannah sparrow.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2024
Hampden County: Several upland sandpipers between Perimeter Road and the Stony Brook Wetlands in Ludlow, four Acadian flycatchers in Granville, a hooded warbler at the Grace Robson Wildlife Sanctuary in Westfield, and a blue grosbeak at the Southwick Wildlife Management Area in Southwick.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
There were six Northern shovelers, an upland sandpiper, and a late snow bunting at Nantucket and an eared grebe continued at Marblehead.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
Sixteen whimbrels and 32 Hudsonian godwits off Horseneck Beach in Westport, an early great cormorant at Gooseberry Neck in Westport, and an upland sandpiper off Mishaum Point Road in South Dartmouth.
—Grace Gilson, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
An upland sandpiper, also endangered in the state, has been documented on the prairie.
—Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021
There was a tricolored heron at Magnolia Point in Gloucester and an upland sandpiper at Logan Airport.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2019
Notable breeding species include Henslow's sparrow, king and Virginia rails, upland sandpiper, least bitterns, American bitterns and common snipe.
—Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 2 Feb. 2018
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“Upland sandpiper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upland%20sandpiper. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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