Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
- HABITAT - The Purple Sandpiper has the northernmost winter range of any shorebird, wintering along East Coast from Newfoundland to Virginia as well as Eurasia. They breed on islands in High Arctic of Canada. In Europe, they breed in Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe, along the coasts of northern Russia.
- DIET - On breeding grounds eats mostly insects, also some crustaceans, spiders, worms. They may also eats some plant material, including berries, buds and seeds. On migration and winter, their food consists of small crustaceans, mollusks and other marine snails.
- FACTS - Purple sandpipers move around by walking, hopping, flying, and swimming. They walk and hop around rocks between low and high tide to find food.
