SPRING | SHOREBIRDS WESTERN WASHINGTON	MAR				APR				MAY				JUN
W/E		1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

W	Black-necked Stilt						3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
W	American Avocet				2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
W	Black Oystercatcher	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
W	Black-bellied Plover	7N	7N	7N	7N	7NB	7NB	7NB	7NB	7NB	6NB	5NB	5NB	5N	4N	4N	4N
W	American Golden-Plover							4	4	4B	4B	3B	3B			2
W	Pacific Golden-Plover	3N	3N	3N			4B	4B	4B	4B	4B	3B	3B	3	3	3	3
W	Snowy Plover	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
W	Semipalmated Plover	4N	4N	4N	4N	4N	5NB	6NB	7NB	7NB	7NB	5N	4N	3N	3N	3N	3NB
W	Killdeer	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
W	Whimbrel	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
W	Long-billed Curlew	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
W	Bar-tailed Godwit									3B	3B	3B	3B	3B	3B	3B
W	Marbled Godwit	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3
W	Ruddy Turnstone	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	4	4	2		2	2
W	Black Turnstone	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	3			2		2
W	Red Knot	3N	3N	3N	3N	3N	3N	4	6B	6B	6B	5B	4	3	3	3	3
W	Surfbird	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	3	2
W	Sanderling	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	4
W	Dunlin	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	4	3	3	3	3
W	Rock Sandpiper	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3
W	Baird's Sandpiper						2B		3B	3B	3B	3B					3
W	Least Sandpiper	5N	5N	5N	5N	5B	5B	5B	5B	7B	7B	4	3	3	3	3	4B
W	Pectoral Sandpiper							3	3	4B	4B	4B	3B	2	2		2
W	Semipalmated Sandpiper								3B	4B	4B	4B	3B	3B	2B	2B	2B
W	Western Sandpiper	5N	5N	5N	5N	5N	6N	7B	7B	7B	7B	5B	4	4	4	3B	5B
W	Short-billed Dowitcher			3	3	3	5B	7B	7B	7B	6B	5B	4B	4	3	3	5B
W	Long-billed Dowitcher	5N	5N	5N	5?	5?	5?	5B	5B	6B	6B	4B	4	3	3	3	3
W	Wilson's Snipe	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
W	Spotted Sandpiper	4N	4N	4N	4N	4	4	4	4B	5B	6B	6B	6B	6B	6B	6B	6B
W	Solitary Sandpiper						3	4B	4B	4B	4B	3B	3B	2B		2B	2B
W	Wandering Tattler								4	6	6	6	2	3	3
W	Lesser Yellowlegs	3	3	3	3	3	4B	4B	5B	5B	5B	4	4	3	3	4	4B
W	Willet	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2		2	2	2
W	Greater Yellowlegs	5N	5N	5N	7NB	7B	7B	7B	5B	5B	5B	4	3	3	3	4	4B
W	Wilson's Phalarope								3	4B	4B	4B	4B	4B	4B	4B	4B
W	Red-necked Phalarope					3B	3B	3B	4B	7B	7B	7B	7B	4	3	3	3
W	Red Phalarope	4N	4N	4N	4N	4N	4N	4N	4N	5B	5B	5B	5B	5B	4B
	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