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Acknowledgments
Generous review and assistance from D. Kroodsma, K. Russell, and L. Bevier was most welcome. For comments and/or unpublished data, we thank R. Bazin, K. Cash, D. Forsyth, S. Haig, P. Hicklin, M. Howe, D. Johnson, R. McNeil, R. I. G. Morrison, O. Olfert, L. W. Oring, G. Page, L. Strauman, L. Tibbitts, and N. Warnock. S. L. L. Gaunt and staff of the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Ohio State University, provided spectrograms. The following individuals provided unpublished breeding bird atlas data: Florida, S. Cumberbatch, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Nevada, T. Floyd, Great Basin Bird Observatory; and Virginia, L. Sauseville, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. D. Pearson, H. Johnston, S. Van Wilgenburg, G. Thibault, G. Perrin, A. Neudorf, A. Keeley, G. Alaie, J. T. Trevor, and K. Guyn’s Pintail research crews provided field assistance in Alberta. S. Van Wilgenburg and D. Pearson aided in data analysis. Funding and logistical support for the Alberta study was provided by the Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment Canada), Alberta North American Waterfowl Management Plan Centre, Ducks Unlimited Canada (Alberta), and the Eastern Irrigation District (Brooks, Alberta).
Lowther, Peter E., Hector D. Douglas III and Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor. 2001. Willet (Tringa semipalmata), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/579
