SPRING | SHOREBIRDS
EASTERN WASHINGTON
MAR  APR MAY JUN
W/E 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E Black-necked Stilt     3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
E American Avocet 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
E Black-bellied Plover         2NB   3NB 3NB 3NB 3NB 3NB 3NB 3N 2N 2N  
E American Golden-Plover               4 4B 4B 4B   2 2    
E Semipalmated Plover               3 7NB 7NB 4N 3N 2N 2N 2N  
E Killdeer 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
E Whimbrel       2       3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2  
E Long-billed Curlew 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
E Marbled Godwit               4 4 4 4 4 2 2   2
E Sanderling                 3 3 3 3 3      
E Dunlin 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3        
E Baird's Sandpiper         4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B         3 3
E Least Sandpiper 4N 4N 4N 4N 4B 4B 4B 5B 5B 5B 3 3     3 4B
E Pectoral Sandpiper               3 3B 3B 3B 3B       2
E Semipalmated Sandpiper             2B   3B 3B 3B 3B 2B     3B
E Western Sandpiper 2N       3N 3N 3B 4B 4B 4B 3B 3B     3B 3B
E Short-billed Dowitcher                 3B 3B 3B 3B        
E Long-billed Dowitcher 3N 3N 3N 3? 3? 3? 3B 3B 6B 6B 4B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B
E Wilson's Snipe 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
E Spotted Sandpiper 3N 3N 3N 3N 4 4 4 5B 5B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B
E Solitary Sandpiper             4B 4B 4B 4B 3B 3B 3B 3B   3B
E Lesser Yellowlegs     3 3 3 4B 5B 5B 5B 5B 4 4       4B
E Willet               3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2  
E Greater Yellowlegs 4N 4N 6N 6NB 6B 6B 6B 5B 5B 5B 4 4 3 3 4 5B
E Wilson's Phalarope       2     4 4 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B
E
Red-necked Phalarope
              3B 4B 4B 5B 5B 3 3 3 3
                                     
  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