Highlighted Species

Data Sources: Map of Key North American Migration Sites for Red Knots and Semipalmated Sandpipers

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Akimiski Island

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akimiski_Island
  2. http://www.ibacanada.org/site.jsp?siteID=NU036
  3. Iverson and Friis unpubl. data
  4. http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=11292
  5. https://www.ec.gc.ca/ap-pa/default.asp?lang=En&n=A8290732-1
  6. https://www.ontario.ca/page/natural-heritage-information-centre
  7. http://www.protectedplanet.net/akimiski-island-migratory-bird-sanctuary-migratory-bird-sanctuary
  8. http://www.giscoeapp.lrc.gov.on.ca/REA/Renewable.html?site=REA&viewer=REA&locale=en-US
  9. Andres, B.A., P.A. Smith, R.I.G. Morrison, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, S.C. Brown and C.A. Friis. 2012. Population estimates of North American shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119(3): 178–194.

Albany River Estuary and Assoc. Coastline

  1. IBA factsheet – https://www.ibacanada.ca/site.jsp?siteID=ON125&siteID=ON125. Between 38000 and 63000 individuals during fall migration, 88130 in sumer. Using here the minimum populational data

Alto Golfo de California y Delta de Rio Colorado

  1. Carmona, R., N. Arce, V. Ayala-Perez, A. Hernández-Alvarez, J.B. Buchanan, L.J. Salzer, P.S. Tomkovich, J.A. Johnson, R.E. Gill, Jr., B.J. McCaffery, J.E. Lyons, L.J. Niles, D. Newstead. 2013. Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari migration connectivity, abundance and non-breeding distribution along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Wader Study Group Bulletin.
  2. WHSRN Nomination Form
  3. Ramsar Fact Sheet: https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/MX814RIS.pdf
  4. Ramsar Fact Sheet: https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/MX1866RIS.pdf

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge
  2. Brown, S., J. Bart, R. Lanctot, J. A. Johnson, S. Kendall, D. Payer, and J. Johnson. 2007. Shorebird abundance and distribution on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Condor 109: 1‒14.
  3. Mizrahi, D.S. and M. Gutowski 2013. Conservation plan for the Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla). Unpublished draft.
  4. WHSRN SESA conservation plan

Bahía de Santa María

  1. Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas.2012. http://www.conanp.gob.mx/datos_abiertos/DGCD/31.pdf
  2. Engilis, A. JR., L.W. Oring, E. Carrera, J.W. Nelson, and A. Martinez Lopez. 1998. Shorebird survey in Ensenada Pabellones and Bahia Santa Maria, Sinaloa, Mexico: Critical winter habitats for Pacific flyway shorebirds. Wilson Bulletin 110(3): 332‒341.

Bahía de Todos Santos

  1. https://www.manomet.org/newsletter/scientific-expedition-mexico-discovers-shorebird-wintering-site
  2. eBird (Marshall Iliff December 19, 2002).
  3. Pronatura and CONABIO. 2015. Áreas Importantes para la Conservación de las Aves (kml file). Pronatura Sur, Chiapas, México. See also http://www.imipens.org/IMIP_files/PDUCP-E2030-abreviado.pdf
  4. http://www.imipens.org/IMIP_files/PDUCP-E2030-abreviado.pdf
  5. http://www.migratoryshorebirdproject.org/uploads/documents/MSP_Handout_English_final.pdf
  6. Ramsar management Plan for Estero Punta Banda: http://ramsar.conanp.gob.mx/docs/sitios/lineamientos_instrumentos/ESTERO_PUNTA_BANDA.pdf

Bahía Yavaros

  1. Carmona, R. y G.D. Danemann. 2014. Monitoreo de aves playeras migratorias en 11 sitios prioritarios del Noroeste de México y reconocimiento invernal de cuatro sitios adicionales. Ciudad de México, D.F., México.
  2. http://www.rufford.org/files/13886-1%20Detailed%20Final%20Report.pdf
  3. Comisión de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Sonora.2009. Ficha Informativa de los Humedales de Ramsar- Humedales de Yavaros – Moroncarit. Sonora, México.
  4. Valdés, C. C., B. M.Tordesillas, B. B. Alan, C. E.Chavarría, B. A. Oriza, y N. E.Bravo. 1994. Evaluación y requerimientos de manejo de los humedales costeros del sur de Sonora: Recursos naturales, actividades humanas y educación ambiental. Guaymas: Unidad de Información Biogeográfica. Centro de Conservación y Aprovechamiento de los Recursos Naturales, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey-Campus Guaymas.
  5. Reyna E., S. O. 1997. Estudio de factibilidad técnica para dragado y rehabilitación del sistema lagunar Yavaros –Moroncarit en Yavaros, Sonora. Mérida: 4to. Congreso Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar.
  6. Muñoz, V. M., C. M.Cruz, C. C. Valdés, C. M. López y H. A. G. Alonso. 2000. Programa Táctico de Manejo de los Humedales Costeros del Municipio de Huatabampo, Sonora. Guaymas: Centro de Conservación y Aprovechamiento de los Recursos Naturales. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey-Campus Guaymas.
  7. http://www.mxempresa.com/e/empresa/sociedad-cooperativa-de-produccion-pesquera-bahia-yavaros-s-c-de-rl/6179332

Barre de Portneuf

  1. Pusilla: The data is from 1993, published by Heppell, M., F. Bélisle, C. Théberge, V. Boucher et B. Limoges. 2002. ZICO du Banc-de-Portneuf, Randonnée en milieu maritime. Plan de conservation. Québec: Comité ZIP de la rive nord de l’estuaire, Union québécoise pour la conservation de la nature, Fédération canadienne de la nature et Études d’oiseaux Canada.
  2. Rufa: 1 – 11200 on 20 August 1991, 600 on 8 Aug. 1989, 400 2 sept 1995; source: EPOQ checklist database (www.oiseauxqc.org/epoq.jsp)

Batture aux Alouettes and mouth of Saguenay River

  1. L.G. de Repentigny. 1999. Fichier insulaire du Fleuve Saint-Laurent. Service canadien de la faune, Environnement Canada, région du Québec. [In French]. Observed on 22 october 1989, data in a folder at Canadian Wildlife service, Observer reliable. No recent data

Bay of Fundy

  1. Andres, B.A., P.A. Smith, R.I.G. Morrison, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, S.C. Brown, and C.A. Friis. 2012. Population estimates of North American shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119(3): 178-194
  2. eBird
  3. International Shorebird Survey
  4. Lock, A.R., R.G.B. Brown,and S.H. Gerriets. 1994. Gazetteer of Marine Birds in Atlantic Canada: an atlas of sea bird vulnerability to oil pollution. Canadian Wildlife Service Environmental Conservation Branch, Environment Canada Atlantic Region.
  5. MacTavish, B. 1995. American Birding Association. Field Notes, 49(5)
  6. Mawhinney, K., P.W. Hicklin, and J.S. Boates. 1993. A Re-evaluation of the Numbers of Migrant Semipalmated Sandpipers, Calidris pusilla, in the Bay of Fundy during Fall migration. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 107: 19-23
  7. BirdLife International. 2016. Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas factsheets: North America. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on January 17, 2016.
  8. WHSRN site nomination form.
  9. 2011-2014 average of total passage population (J. Paquet unpubl. data)
  10. Hicklin, P. W. 1987. The migration of shorebirds in the Bay of Fundy. Wilson Bulletin. 99:540-570.
  11. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN). 1987. WHSRN Site Profiles: Bay of Fundy. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, Manomet, Massachusetts. https://whsrn.org/whsrn_sites/bay-of-fundy/ accessed 16 February 2016.
  12. Julie Paquet March 2016
  13. Site Assesment Tool analysis 2011
  14. Einfeldt, A. L. and Addison, J. A. (2015), Anthropocene invasion of an ecosystem engineer: resolving the history of Corophium volutator (Amphipoda: Corophiidae) in the North Atlantic. Biol J Linn Soc Lond, 115: 288–304. doi:10.1111/bij.12507

Beaverhill Lake

  1. Koes, R.F. and P. Taylor. 1993. Prairie Provinces Region. Field Notes. 47(3): 423-425.

Bird Key Stono

  1. Felicia Sanders unpubl. data

Botany Bay Plantation WMA and surroundings

  1. eBird (Catherine and Carl Miller November 15, 2015)

Breach Inlet

  1. eBird (Christopher Davies April 12, 2015)

Caladesi Island

  1. eBird (Harley Winfrey February 14, 2011)

Cape Canaveral-Merritt Island

  1. eBird (Louise Barber January 3, 2013)

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

  1. Important Bird Areas of North Carolina. 2004. Audubon North Carolina. Compiled by Walker Golder. Data from 1999.

Cape Island and Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area

  1. eBird (Robert Lewis May 17, 2000)

Cape Lookout National Seashore

  1. eBird (Steve Dinsmore, Jeremy Nance May 17, 1992)

Cape Romano Island

  1. eBird (Theodore Below November 26, 1985)

Chandeleur Islands (Breton National Wildlife Refuge)

  1. eBird (David Muth April 7, 2011)
  2. BirdLife International (2016) Important Bird and Biodiversity Area factsheet: Chandeleur Islands (Breton National Wildlife Refuge). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on July 13, 2016

Chaplin Lake-Old Wives-Reed Lakes

  1. Beyersbergen, G. W. and D. C. Duncan. 2007. Shorebird Abundance and Migration Chronology at Chaplin Lake, Old Wives Lake and Reed Lake, Saskatchewan: 1993 and 1994. Canadian Wildlife Service Technical Report Series No. 484. Prairie and Northern Region. Edmonton, Alberta.
  2. Morrison, R.I.G., R.W. Butler, , G.W. Beyersbergen, H.L. Dickson, A. Bourget, P.W. Hicklin, J.P. Goossen, R.K. Ross, and C.L. Gratto-Trevor. 1995. Potential Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network Sites for Shorebirds in Canada. Second Edition. Canadian Wildlife Service Technical Report Series No. 227. Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa.
  3. WHSRN Site Description
  4. WHSRN Site Assessment Tool (SAT) 2009

Cobequid Bay

  1. 2011-2014 average of total passage population (J. Paquet unpubl. data)

Complejo Lagunar Ojo de Liebre-Guerrero Negro

  1. WHSRN site profile https://whsrn.org/whsrn_sites/complejo-lagunar-ojo-de-liebre-guerrero-negro/
  2. Carmona, R., N. Arce, V. Ayala-Perez, A. Hernández-Alvarez, J.B. Buchanan, L.J. Salzer, P.S. Tomkovich, J.A. Johnson, R.E. Gill, Jr., B.J. McCaffery, J.E. Lyons, L.J. Niles,D. Newstead. 2013. Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari migration connectivity, abundance and non-breeding distribution along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Wader Study Group Bulletin. 120(3): 168–180.
  3. WHSRN site nomination form
  4. Carmona, R., N. Arce, V. Ayala-Perez, G.D. Danemann. 2008. Abundance and phenology of Red Knots in the Guerrero Negro-Ojo de Liebre coastal lagoon complex, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Wader Study Group Bulletin 115(1): 10–15.
  5. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences.
  6. WHSRN Site Assessment Tool
  7. Ramsar fact sheet: https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/MX1339RIS.pdf

Complejo San Ignacio

  1. Mendoza, L.F. y R. Carmona. 2013. Distribución espacial y temporal de aves playeras (Orden: Charadriiformes) en Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, México. Rev. Biol. Trop. 61(1): 229-241.
  2. WHSRN site nomination form
  3. Ramsar fact sheet: https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/MX1341RIS.pdf

Copper River Delta

  1. Cooper, E. and M. Gabrielson. 2014. Red Knot (Calidris canutus roselaari) surveys on the Copper River Delta during spring migration. Alaska Shorebird Group Annual Summary. http://www.fws.gov/alaska/mbsp/mbm/shorebirds/pdf/ASG%20Summaries_2014.pdf

Delaware Bay

  1. A. Dey, pers. comm. in Andres, B.A., P.A. Smith, R.I.G. Morrison, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, S.C. Brown, and C.A. Friis. 2012. Population estimates of North American shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119(3): 178-194.
  2. WHSRN site nomination form.
  3. Clark, K., L. Niles and J. Burger.1993. Abundance and distribution of shorebirds migrating on Delaware Bay, 1986- 1992. Condor 95: 694–705. (May-June 1986)
  4. International Shorebird Survey.
  5. Mizrahi, D.S. and M. Gutowski 2013. Conservation plan for the Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla). Unpublished draft.
  6. WHSRN Site Assessment Tool 2012
  7. Site Assesment Tool Analysis 2010
  8. Baker, A.J., P.M Gonzalez, T. Piersma, L.J. Niles, I.L.S. Nascimiento, P. W. Atkinson, N. A. Clark, C.D.T. Minton, M.K. Peck and G. Aarts. 2004. Rapid population decline in red knots: Fitness consequences of decreased refueling rates and late arrival in Delaware Bay. Proc Biol Sci. 271(1541): 875–882.

Delta Marsh

  1. Andres, B.A., P.A. Smith, R.I.G. Morrison, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, S.C. Brown, and C.A. Friis. 2012. Population estimates of North American shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119(3): 178-194.
  2. WHSRN
  3. https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/CA238RIS.pdf

Deveaux Bank

  1. Felicia Sanders unpubl. data

Dunedin Causeway

  1. eBird (David Gagne, Debbie Grimes and Pamela Graber  November 4, 2013)

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

  1. eBird (Volquer Schmidt August 22, 2009)
  2. eBird (Pete Bacinski May 29, 2015)
  3. Niles, L.J., Burger, J., Porter, R.R., Dey, A.D., Koch, S., Harrington, B., K. Iaquinto, and M. Boarman. 2012. Migration pathways, migration speeds and non-breeding areas used by northern hemisphere wintering Red Knots Calidris canutus of the subspecies rufa. Wader Study Group Bulletin, 119(2): 195–203.
  4. https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/US348RIS.pdf
  5. https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/348
  6. http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/apr11/mingan_archipelago2.asp
  7. Site Assesment Tool analysis 2009

Ekwan to Lakitusaki Shores

  1. IBA factsheet https://www.ibacanada.org/site.jsp?siteID=ON129&lang=en&siteID=ON129&lang=fr

Ensenada de Pabellones

  1. Engilis, A. JR., L.W. Oring, E. Carrera, J.W. Nelson, and A. Martinez Lopez. 1998. Shorebird survey in Ensenada Pabellones and Bahia Santa Maria, Sinaloa, Mexico: Critical winter habitats for Pacific flyway shorebirds. Wilson Bulletin 110 (3): 332‒341.
  2. Ramsar fact sheet: https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/MX1760RIS.pdf

Fish Haul Creek Park

  1. eBird (Scott Loss September 9, 2012)

Folly Beach County Park

  1. eBird (Dennis Forsythe May 16, 1989)

Fort Myers

  1. eBird (Phillip T Hughes November 23, 2012)

Georgia Barrier Coast

  1. J. Lyon (unpub. data).
  2. Lyons, J. E., W.L. Kendall, J.A. Royle, S.J. Converse, B.A. Andres and J.B. Buchanan. 2015. Population Size and Stopover Duration Estimation Using Mark–Resight Data and Bayesian Analysis of a Superpopulation Model. Biometric 72(1): 262–271.
  3. Schneider, T. and B. Winn. 2010. Red Knot: Species Account in Georgia. Georgia Wildlife. www.georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/birds/calidris_canutus.pdf, p. 3.
  4. WHSRN designation form: https://whsrn.org/whsrn_sites/altamaha-river-delta/
  5. eBird (John Robinette 5/11/1998)
  6. eBird (Perry Rothemich 5/10/2015
  7. eBird (Ken Blankenship, Nathan Farnau, and Joel McNeal 5/2/2010)
  8. eBird (Gregory Cory 5/25/2013)
  9. eBird (James Flynn 4/29/2011)
  10. eBird (Charles R. Warnack 5/20/1980)
  11. eBird (Patrick Leary 1/22/2009)
  12. eBird (Nathan Farnau 12/5/2011)

Grays Harbor Estuary

  1. DeLorme atlas.
  2. Baker, A., P. Gonzalez, R.I.G. Morrison and B. A. Harrington. 2013. Red Knot (Calidris canutus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/563
    doi:10.2173/bna.563
  3. Niles, L. J., H. P. Sitters, A. D. Dey, P. W. Atkinson, A. J. Baker, K. A. Bennett, R. Carmona, K.E. Clark, N. A. Clark, C. Espoz, P. M. Gonzalez, B. A. Harrington, D.E. Hernandez, K.S. Kalasz, R.G. Lathrop, R.N. Matus, C.D. T. Minton, R. I. G. Morrison, M. K. Peck, W. Pitts, R. A. Robinson, AND I. L. Serrano. 2008. Status of the Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) in the Western Hemisphere. Ephrata: Studies in Avian Biology No. 36.
  4. For population estimate for Red Knot: Lyons, J. E., W.L. Kendall, J.A. Royle, S.J. Converse, B.A. Andres and J.B. Buchanan. 2015. Population Size and Stopover Duration Estimation Using Mark–Resight Data and Bayesian Analysis of a Superpopulation Model. Biometric 72(1): 262–271.
  5. Buchanan, J. B., L.J. Salzer, G.J. Wiles, K. Brady, S.M. Desimone and W. Michaelis. 2011. An investigation of Red Knot Calidris canutus spring migration at Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay, Washington. Wader Study Group Bulletin 118(2): 97–104. (8 May 2010)
  6. WHSRN site nomination https://whsrn.org/whsrn_sites/grays-harbor-estuary/
  7. WHSRN Site Assessment Tool (SAT) 2015
  8. For information about abundance of shorebirds at Grays Harbor: Herman, S. G. and J.B Bulger. 1981. The distribution and abundance of shorebirds during the 1981 spring migration at Grays Harbor, Washington. Seattle: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  9. For a recent paper on daily high counts of Red Knots: Buchanan, J. B., L.J. Salzer, G.J. Wiles, K. Brady, S.M. Desimone, and W. Michaelis. 2011. An investigation of Red Knot Calidris canutus spring migration at Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay, Washington. Wader Study Group Bulletin 118(2): 97-104.
  10. For relative importance of Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay in comparison to other sites along the flyway: Carmona, R., N. Arce, V. Ayala-Perez, A. Hernández-Alvarez, J.B. Buchanan, L.J. Salzer, P.S. Tomkovich, J.A. Johnson, R.E. Gill, Jr., B.J. McCaffery, J.E. Lyons, L.J. Niles, and D. Newstead. 2013. Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari migration connectivity, abundance and non-breeding distribution along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Wader Study Group Bulletin 120(3): 168–180.
  11. Numerous citations as to commercial importance of Grays Harbor for shellfish production.
  12. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitats and Species document on shorebirds for general information.
  13. 2015 EIS on chemical use to control ghost shrimp.
  14. Personal observation (Joe Buchanan) and unpublished data from about 150 site visits.

Great Egg Harbor Inlet

  1. eBird (John Danzenbaker August 4, 1982)

Great Kills

  1. eBird (George Bouquio August 16, 1979)

Harbor Island

  1. eBird (Observer unknown International Shorebird Survey April 10, 2000)

Honeymoon Island

  1. eBird (Observer unknown International Shorebird Survey November 5, 1995)

Huguenot Park-Nassau Sound

  1. eBird (Joe Wilson September 8, 1980)

Istmo de Tehuantepec-Mar Muerto

  1. eBird (Frederick Probst October 4, 1979)

Jamaica Bay

  1. eBird (Arthur Morris July 31, 1984)

Jekyll Island–South Beach

  1. eBird (unknown source)

Kiawah Island-Seabrook Island

  1. eBird (Aaron Given April 13, 2015)

Laguna Madre (Mustang Island, and Padre Island)

  1. Newstead, D.J., Niles, L.J., Porter, R.R., Dey, A.D., Burger, J. & Fitzsimmons, O.N. 2013. Geolocation reveals mid-continent migratory routes and Texas wintering areas of Red Knots Calidris canutus rufa. Wader Study Group Bull. 120(1): 53–59.

Last Mountain Lake NWA

  1. https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/CA239RIS.pdf
  2. Lahrman, F.W. 1972. Unusually large flock of Knots and Ruddy Turnstones feeding in stubble field. Blue Jay 30: 226.

Longboat Key–north beach

  1. eBird (Marjorie Sokol December 21, 1978)

Lower Tampa Bay

  1. eBird (R. Smith September 17, 1993)

Marais et plage de Saints’ Res

  1. Bird Studies Canada and Nature Canada. Important Bird Areas In Canada: Saint’s Rest Marsh & Beach. http://www.ibacanada.ca/site.jsp?siteID=NB022

Marco Island

  1. eBird (Theodore Below August 21, 1985)

Marismas Nacionales

  1. eBird 2015 (David Molina 2/20/2010)
  2. Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey and the Migratory Shorebird Project http://migratoryshorebirdproject.org/index.php?page=map
  3. WHSRN Site Assessment Tool (SAT) 2011

Maryland-Virginia Barrier Islands

  1. eBird (Claudia P. Wilds May 23, 1982)

Middle Township, 1006 Stone Harbor Blvd

  1. eBird (Sussan Strassner November 14, 2015)

Mingan Archipelago

  1. Baker, A.J. 2009. Continuing Monitoring Annual Survival and Recruitment in the Endangered Red Knot Population Passing through Mingan Archipelago (Project #1440). Unpublished report submitted to World Wildlife Fund, Toronto, Canada.
  2. Based on anecdotal evidence. “In 2014 we observed (cumulative number no adjustment for length of stay) over 146,000 shorebirds. Taking into account length of stay could give an estimate that would qualify the site for a high WHSRN level category.” Yves Aubrey, CWS, Feb 2016.
  3. Yves Aubry, Feb 2016 (pers.comm.)
  4. https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/conserving-red-knot
  5. Jim Lyons (Patuxent) is revising the data with a more robust statistical approach. There would have been about 9000 birds transiting in 2008.
  6. In 2014 over 146,000 shorebirds were observed (cumulative number no adjustment for length of stay) . A good estimate with length of stay could give a figure that could qualify the site for a high WHSRN level category. Yves Aubrey, CWS, Feb 2016.

Monomoy NWR

  1. WHSRN species conservation plan
  2. eBird (Blair Nikula August 5, 1978)
  3. Site Assesment Tool analysis 2006

Mosaic 4-corners mine

  1. eBird (Pete Timmer May 12, 2011)

Nelson River Estuary – Churchill

  1. McKellar, A.E., R.K. Ross, R.I.G. Morrison, L.J. Niles, R.R. Porter, J. Burger, D.J. Newstead, A.D. Dey, P.A. Smith. 2015. Shorebird use of western Hudson Bay near the Nelson River during migration, with a focus on the Red Knot. Wader Study 122(3): 201–211.
  2. Newstead, D.J., L.J. Niles., R.R. Porter,A.D. Dey, J. Burger and O.N. Fitzsimmons. 2013. Geolocation reveals mid-continent migratory routes and Texas wintering areas of Red Knots Calidris canutus rufa. Wader Study Group Bulletin 120(1): 53–59.

Nokomis Beach

  1. eBird (S. D. Stedman February 10, 1984)

North Wildwood Sea Wall

  1. eBird (Donald Freiday September 12, 2009)

Otter Island

  1. eBird (Nick Wallover October 22, 2013)

Outer Cape Cod (Cape Cod National Seashore)

  1. WHSRN species conservation plan
  2. eBird (Rick Heil 8/3/1979)

Pei lay sheesh kow

  1. http://www.ibacanada.org/site.jsp?siteID=ON157&sortBy=T
  2. Southern James Bay WHSRN Nomination Form (unpubl.)
  3. Iverson and Friis unpubl. data
  4. https://www.ec.gc.ca/ap-pa/default.asp?lang=En&n=A8290732-1
  5. Martini et al 1980. Coastal Studies in James Bay, Ontario. Geoscience Canada. 7(1):11-21. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/3199/3716
  6. Iverson and Friis unpubl. data (10,770 ind. (range: 7,680-15,080))/2014 adult passage population/26 July-25 August
  7. Iverson and Friis unpubl. data (4,885 (range: 2,320-10,120)/2014 adult passage population/26 July-25 August
  8. eBird (James Bay Shorebird Survey 7/25/2012)
  9. BirdLife International. 2016. Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas factsheets: North America. Downloaded from www.birdlife.org, accessed 17 January 2016.
  10. Andres, B.A., P.A. Smith, R.I.G. Morrison, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, S.C. Brown and C.A. Friis. 2012. Population estimates of North American shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119(3): 178–194.
  11. Ross and Morrison, August 2016 (Pers. comm Ted Cheskey, October 2017; James Bay shorebird project unpubl. data)

Pen Islands

  1. Andres, B.A., P.A. Smith, R.I.G. Morrison, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, S.C. Brown, and C.A. Friis. 2012. Population estimates of North American shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119(3): 178-194.(2) BirdLife International (2016) Important Bird and Biodiv

Plymouth and Duxbury Bays

  1. eBird (Observer unknown International Shorebird Survey August 15, 1972)
  2. eBird (E. Neumuth July 8, 1998)

Quill Lakes

  1. Alexander, S.A. and C.L. Gratto-Trevor. 1997. Shorebird migration and staging at a large prairie lake and wetland complex: the Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan. Occasional Paper Number 97, Canadian Wildlife Service, Prairie and Northern Region.
  2. Bird Studies Canada and Nature Canada. Important Bird Areas In Canada: Quill Lakes. http://www.ibacanada.ca/site.jsp?siteID=SK002
  3. WHSRN Site Assessment Tool (SAT) 2009

San Francisco Bay

  1. Carmona, R., N. Arce, V. Ayala-Perez, A. Hernández-Alvarez, J.B. Buchanan, L.J. Salzer, P.S. Tomkovich, J.A. Johnson, R.E. Gill, Jr., B.J. McCaffery, J.E. Lyons, L.J. Niles, and D. Newstead. 2013. Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari migration connectivity, abundance and non-breeding distribution along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Wader Study Group Bulletin 120(3): 168–180.
  2. Ramsar fact sheet: https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/US2097RIS.pdf
  3. Ayres, D. R., D. L. Smith, K. Zaremba, S. Klohr, and D. R. Strong. 2004. Spread of exotic cordgrasses and hybrids (Spartina sp.) in the tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Biological Invasions 6: 221-231. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.476.2004&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Sand Key

  1. eBird (Cuneyt Yilmaz September 9, 2015)

Sanibel Island/Ding Darling NWR

  1. eBird (Blair Nikula February 24, 1990)

Savannah River Dredge Spoil Site

  1. eBird (Steve Calver May 19, 2000)

Scituate–Third Cliff

  1. eBird (Wayne Petersen August 3, 1981)

Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR

  1. eBird (Tom Benson April 15, 2012)
  2. BirdLife International (2016) Important Bird and Biodiversity Area factsheet: Salton Sea. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on July 13, 2016

South San Diego Bay

  1. Carmona, R., N. Arce, V. Ayala-Perez, A. Hernández-Alvarez, J.B. Buchanan, L.J. Salzer, P.S. Tomkovich, J.A. Johnson, R.E. Gill, Jr., B.J. McCaffery, J.E. Lyons, L.J. Niles, and D. Newstead. 2013. Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari migration connectivity, abundance and non-breeding distribution along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Wader Study Group Bulletin 120(3): 168–180.
  2. Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey and the Migratory Shorebird Project http://migratoryshorebirdproject.org/index.php?page=map

Stone Harbor Point and Nummy Island

  1. eBird (Tom Reed May 21, 2012)

Sunset Beach

  1. eBird (Philip Crutchfield April 12, 1986)

Teshekpuk Lake-E. Dease Inlet

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge
  2. Brown, S., J. Bart, R. Lanctot, J. A. Johnson, S. Kendall, D. Payer, and J. Johnson. 2007. Shorebird abundance and distribution on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Condor 109: 1‒14.
  3. Mizrahi, D.S. and M. Gutowski 2013. Conservation plan for the Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla). Unpublished draft.

Tuckerton–Great Bay Bvld. WMA

  1. eBird (Observer unknown International Shorebird Survey May 27, 1988)

Upper Cumberland Basin

  1. 2011-2014 average of total passage population (J. Paquet unpubl. data)

West Hempstead Bay/Jones Beach West

  1. eBird (Alvin Wollin November 11, 1983)

Willapa Bay

  1. Buchanan, J.B. 2008. The spring 2008 survey of Red Knots Calidris canutus at Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay, Washington. Wader Study Group Bulletin 115(3): 177–181.

Yakutat Bay

  1. Andres, B.A. and B.T. Browne. 1998. Spring migration of shorebirds on the Yakutat Forelands, Alaska. Wilson Bull.
    110: 326–331.
  2. Lyons, J. E., W.L. Kendall, J.A. Royle, S.J. Converse, B.A. Andres and J.B. Buchanan. 2015. Population Size and Stopover Duration Estimation Using Mark–Resight Data and Bayesian Analysis of a Superpopulation Model. Biometric 72(1): 262–271.

Yakutat Forelands

  1. eBird (Brad Andres May 8, 1996)

Yukon Delta NWR

  1.  Carmona, R., N. Arce, V. Ayala-Perez, A. Hernández-Alvarez, J.B. Buchanan, L.J. Salzer, P.S. Tomkovich, J.A. Johnson, R.E. Gill, Jr., B.J. McCaffery, J.E. Lyons, L.J. Niles, and D. Newstead. 2013. Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari migration connectivity, abundance and non-breeding distribution along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Wader Study Group Bulletin 120(3): 168–180.
  2. McCaffery, B.J., R.E. Gill, Jr., C.M. Handel and C.R. Ely. 2009. The status of Red Knots during spring migration in Alaska. In: T. Piersma (compiler). Global Flyway Network: progress report for 2008, 72–73.
  3. WHSRN Site Assessment Tool (SAT) 2008
  4. USFWS. 2004. Land Conservation Plan for Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge Bethel, Alaska http://www.fws.gov/alaska/nwr/planning/pdf/YD_LCP.pdf
  5. WHSRN nomination/Site Profile: https://whsrn.org/whsrn_sites/yukon-delta-nwr/