Birds of North America
Puzzle 32 · Grasslands and Open Country · Page 50 in print
Mountain Plover
A female Mountain Plover often lays eggs in two nests. The male tends one clutch while the female cares for the other.
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Alfalfa
Harvested fields of this crop are used in winter.
Alkaline Flats
Open saline or alkaline ground used in winter.
Blue Grama
A short grass found in Mountain Plover breeding habitat.
Buffalograss
A grass of the shortgrass plains used for breeding.
Falling Leaf
The name of one courtship flight display.
Foot Trembling
A feeding movement in which the bird vibrates one foot.
Playas
Seasonally wet open basins used outside the breeding season.
Prickly Pear
A cactus found in open semidesert breeding habitat.
Sage
Low shrubby vegetation associated with some breeding sites.
Saltbush
A shrub found in semidesert habitat used by the species.
Shallow Scrape
The simple depression forming the nest.
Sod Farm
Cultivated turf fields used as stopover habitat during migration.
South Texas
Part of the species’ winter range.
Wheatgrass
Western wheatgrass occurs in the plover’s breeding habitat.
Yucca
A plant characteristic of some dry breeding sites.
Sources
- Mountain Plover: Life HistoryCornell Lab of Ornithology