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Upland Sandpiper 12 inches
Listen for the upland sandpiper's liquid song - a soft and rising qui-di-di-du - drifting across the prairie. Its unmistakably sweet song was once common in the Red River Valley, but today few residents have ever heard it, as its range is now limited to the native grasslands of Grand Forks County. Note its long yellowish legs, slender neck and small short bill as it flies over dry open grasslands. Watch, too, for that graceful
moment when an upland sandpiper lights atop a fence post and, for only an instant, stretches its delicate wings toward the sky.
moment when an upland sandpiper lights atop a fence post and, for only an instant, stretches its delicate wings toward the sky.
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