Examples of whimbrel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The migratory path of a whimbrel may extend from nesting areas in the Arctic to wintering grounds as far south as Bolivia. — CBS News, 9 Sep. 2021 In Hampshire County, notable sightings at the Oxbow Marina included a black-bellied plover, a ruddy turnstone, a whimbrel, and a laughing gull. — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021 From Georges Island in Boston Harbor, sightings included flyby eight great shearwaters, a Cory’s shearwater, 16 Wilson’s storm-petrels, a whimbrel, a Forster’s tern, 12 roseate terns, and two cliff swallows. — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021 One year after trapping the visiting whimbrel, Winn was waiting on Ahanu again. — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019 Last week, 10 white-rumped sandpipers, two pectoral sandpipers, two whimbrels, two glossy ibises, and four field sparrows were also spotted. — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2019 In addition to the Avocet and buff-breasted sandpiper, there were reports of three American golden-plovers, two whimbrels, a Hudsonian godwit, a marbled godwit, and two red knots. — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2019 There were three whimbrels and a western sandpiper among many other shorebirds. — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019 Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included 20 piping plovers, 2 whimbrels, 18 Wilson’s storm-petrels, 90 Cory’s shearwaters, and 4 Manx shearwaters. — BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2019 See More

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