FALL | SHOREBIRDS
EASTERN WASHINGTON
JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV
W/E 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
E Black-necked Stilt 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4   2 2  
E American Avocet 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
E Black-bellied Plover     3NB 3NB 3NB 3NB 3NB 4NB 4NB 4NBJ 4NBJ 4NJ 5NJ 5NJ 5NJ 4NJ 4NJ 4NJ
E American Golden-Plover       2     3? 3B   4BJ 4BJ 4?J 4J 4J 4J 4J 4J 4J
E Semipalmated Plover   3NB 5NB 5NB 5NB 5NB 5NBJ 5NBJ 5NBJ 5NJ 5NJ 5NJ 5NJ 5N  3N 3N 3N  
E Killdeer 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
E Whimbrel     3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2   2            
E Long-billed Curlew 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3       2
E Marbled Godwit 2 3 3 3   3   4 4 4 4 3 3   2     2
E Ruddy Turnstone         3 3 3 3 3 3                
E Red Knot       2B       3BJ 3J 3J 3J   2J 2N 2N      
E Ruff           2 2   2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2    
E Sharp-tailed Sandpiper                   3 3 3 3 3 3   2 2
E Stilt Sandpiper     3B 3B 3B 3B 5 5J 5J 5J 5J 5J 5J 5 5 5 3 3
E Sanderling       3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 2  
E Dunlin   2   2                 4 5 5 4 4 4
E Baird's Sandpiper 3 3B 3B 4B 4B  5J 5J 6J 6J 6J 6J 5J 4J 4J 3 3 3 3
E Least Sandpiper 4B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6BJ 6BJ 7NJ 7NJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 5NJ 4NJ 4NJ 4NJ 4NJ 4N
E Buff-breasted Sandpiper               3 3 3 3 3   2 2      
E Pectoral Sandpiper 2 2 3 3B 3B 3B 3BJ 4B 4BJ 5BJ 5BJ 6J 6J 6J 6J 5J 5J 4
E Semipalmated Sandpiper 3B 3B 4B 4B 4BJ 4BJ 5J 5J 5J 4J 4J 3J 3J          
E Western Sandpiper 3B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6BJ 6BJ 6BJ 6NJ 6NJ 5NJ 5NJ 4NJ 4NJ 4NJ 4N 4N 3N
E Short-billed Dowitcher   3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3BJ 4J 4J 4J 4J 4J 3J 2J 2J      
E Long-billed Dowitcher 3B 4B 5B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6BJ 6BJ 6BJ 6J 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 5NJ
E Wilson's Snipe 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
E Spotted Sandpiper 6B 6B 6B 6BJ 6BJ 6BJ 6BJ 6NBJ 6NBJ 6NJ 5NJ 5NJ 4NJ 4NJ 4N 4N 4N 3N
E Solitary Sandpiper 3B 4B 4B 4B 4BJ 5J 5J 5J 5J 5J 5J 4J 3J 3J   2J 2J  
E Lesser Yellowlegs 4B 5B 5B 5B 5BJ 5BJ 7BJ 7J 7J 5J 5J 5J 5J 5J 4 4 4 4
E Greater Yellowlegs 5B 5B 5B 5B 5BJ 5BJ 6BJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 5NJ 5NJ 5NJ 5NJ 5NJ 5NJ
E Wilson's Phalarope 6B 6B 6B 6BJ 6BJ 6NJ  5NJ 4NJ 4NJ 4N 3NJ  3NJ        2    
E Red-necked Phalarope 3 3B 4B 4B 4NB 4NB 4NBJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 6NJ 4NJ 4NJ 3N     2N  
E Red Phalarope       2B   2B   3N  3NJ 3NJ  3NJ  3NJ  3NJ  3NJ  3NJ  3NJ  3NJ   
 
 
                 
  1      Irregular   5    Uncommon   N = nonbreeding                
  2      Accidental   6    Fairly Common   B = breeding                
  3      Casual   7    Common   J =  juvenile                
  4      Rare                        
  SOURCES                                    
  Seasonal Information from A Birder's Guide to Washington, second edition;  Washington Ornithological Society            
  N,B & J seasonal plumage information from Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest by Dennis Paulson                
  Prepared by Marv Breece, with assistance from Randy Robinson and Matt Bartels