What is Dunlin?

Dunlin is a medium -sized wading bird in the Sandpiper family known as erolia or Calidris alpina . It is the size of the star and is identified by a black spot on the lower and thin black legs. This bird also has a unique narrow dark account that curls at the tip. His body is spotted reddish or brown spots during warmer months, but turns gray in winter.

These types of birds, sometimes called points, come from parts of North America, Asia, Europe and Africa and are found most of the world. They are migration in nature and in the autumn in autumn to winter in a warmer southern climate leave their summer homes very late. Dunlins travel in large flocks that are interesting for birds who enjoy the antiquity of these birds when they turn and unify unison. These maneuvers are often used to confuse and discourage Sokol and Merlin, which prey to Dunlins.

Dunlins Search and Coast insects and larvae to eat and also feed a water animalthose like molluscs and crustaceans. They will also eat different types of seeds and leaves, but are not part of their daily diet. They may look comical when they join up and down, dig their accounts into the sand and mud when searching for food.

Man Dunlin is the first to appear in the reproductive area and attract a woman by creating the beginnings of several nests. They are built on the ground, in hidden areas of wet tundra, leaves of willow and grass. The woman chooses one nest that completes the building together and puts it anywhere from two to six eggs. The male helps incubate eggs for three weeks to hatch.

6 The woman leaves hatchlings after two or three days and leaves the man to Profate's food and protection until the children leave the nest. When the babies left, the man also leaves the nest, but Dunlins usually returns to the same area year after year to make new nests.

While these birds are all over the worldVery common, it seems that in some areas they fall. It is assumed that this is due to the destruction of certain habitats rather than reducing the population of birds. Once these areas are developed, Dunlin and other sandstones are forced to find new nesting land, feed areas and winter homes. Oil leaks, contamination and damage from hurricanes and other heavy storms have a negative impact on the Dunlin population.