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==Diet and feeding== There are broadly four feeding styles employed by the sandpipers, although many species are flexible and may use more than one style. The first is pecking with occasional probing, usually done by species in drier habitats that do not have soft soils or mud. The second, and most frequent, method employed is probing soft soils, muds and sands for prey. The third, used by ''Tringa'' shanks, involves running in shallow water with the bill under the water chasing fish, a method that uses sight as well as tactile senses. The final method, employed by the phalaropes and some ''Calidris'' sandpipers, involves pecking at the water for small prey.<ref name = "HBW"/> A few species of scolopacids are omnivorous to some extent, taking seeds and shoots as well as invertebrates.
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