Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
- HABITAT - Unlike other sandpipers and plovers, the upland sandpiper prefers dry grasslands over wetlands. It lives on open prairies, grasslands, pastures, wet meadows and hayfields. Nests on the ground in dense vegetation, in native prairie, upland tundra flats, meadows, or dry grasslands.
- DIET - The upland sandpiper eats ,mostly invertebrates including grasshoppers, crickets, weevils, beetles, moths, ants, flies, spiders, snails and earthworms. It also eats some grains and seeds.
- FACTS - Its numbers have sharply declined since the late 1800's due to hunting and habitat loss.
