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Western sandpiper and its food items

Detailed Description

A western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) with some of the food items available in San Francisco Bay, CA, USA. Food items pictured include amphipods and copepods (small crustceans), bivalves, oligochaete worms, and biofilm.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

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