This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The spoon-billed sandpiper is a small wading or shorebird that hails from southeast Asia and the Bering Sea. These birds are faced with many threats and a dwindling population. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, marine and freshwater aquaculture, […]

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