Willet

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Willet
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Habitat
The willet live on coastal beaches, freshwater and salt marshes, lakeshores, mudflats and wet prairies.

Diet
The willet forages in mudflats, intertidal areas, and shallow marsh waters and snatches up food from the surface or the water or it probes in the mud with its long bill. It often wades up to its belly in the water searching for food. It eats aquatic insects, marine worms, small crabs, and small mollusks and fish. Its diet also includes plant matter like grass and seeds.

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