(43A: Cousin of the sandpiper - from Saturday's Brad Wilber puzzle); any of a number of wide-ranging chiefly migratory birds (family Scolopacidae) esp. of the genus Numenius having long legs, a long slender bill that curves downward, and plumage variegated with brown and buff...
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(hrs.). When I imagined HRS into the grid, it gave me -H-LO for 40A: Gunsmith Remington, and even though the only PHILO I know is PHILO Vance, the detective in S. S. Van Dine mystery novels of the early 20th century, I thought "Why not?" - I still had to commit to CURLEW (43A: Cousin of the sandpiper) and PULE (40D:
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He was evidently influenced in his opinion of them by the fact that our common sandpiper appeared to be a silent bird, whereas its British cousin, the sandpiper of the lakes and streams of the Scottish Highlands, is very loquacious, and the "male bird has a continuous and most lively song." Either the duke must have...
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Least sandpipers usually fly upward and onward if a deluge threatens; but they have a cousin, the semipalmated (half-webbed) sandpiper that swims well when the unexpected water suddenly lifts it off its feet.
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As the name implies, there is a larger sandpiper and its smaller cousin, which can be recognized by their long yellow legs. ... By the end of May, all but perhaps the spotted sandpiper, snipe, and killdeer have left for nesting grounds located in the sub-arctic and arctic regions of Canada.
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Birdwatch Magazine: the home of birding online ... Although a juvenile Wood Sandpiper is an immaculately patterned wader, it lacks the smart black-and-white contrasts of its more familiar cousin.
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Anna Maitland a senior pupil at Fettes College (whose cousin the Sandpiper Trust was set up in memory of) handed the cheque over to Gavin Hastings on behalf of the College. We are extremely grateful to Fettes College for their continued support.
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A detailed overview of each year of Remington's history: ... "Legend has it that a young Eliphalet Remington II believed he could build a better gun than he could buy, and he set out to craft such a gun on his father's forge located at Ilion Gulph, New York. ... In the autumn of 1816, Eliphalet entered a shooting match with...
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These quail sized birds closely resemble their cousin the sandpiper. They possess extremely long bills with a flexible tip used to probe the soil for their favorite meal; earthworms. Both sexes have russet colored bellies and top feathers patterned to match dead leaves making them barely visible on the ground.
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I stayed off the beach with my cousin but all our friends stayed at the sandpiper, but they wouldn't let ten people stay in one of the bigger rooms so we just said whatever and got our own place. Well we wanted to party with our friends so we made our way over there the first few nights.
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