Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPE

Ruddy Turnstone  Arenaria interpres

WINTER:  NO RECORDS.

SUMMER:  Accidental.  One on 25 July 1976 at Kyger Creek Power Plant (HS); four on 12 August 2004 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA, JB).

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Casual Migrant from mid-May to late May.  Five records.  One on 12 May 1989 at Harris River Front Park (WA);  two on 19 May and one on 27 May 1956 at Mercer's Bottom, Mason Co., WV (HCL, HKL, TM) (Edeburn et al. 1960);  two on 25 May 1987 at Kyger Creek Power Plant (WA); one on 26 May 1988 at Apple Grove, Mason Co., WV (WA, MG, photographed); one on 31 May 1970 at Kyger Creek Power Plant (HS).

 Fall:  Accidental.  One on 10 September 2000 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA).

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