Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPE

Upland Sandpiper  Bartramia longicauda

WINTER:  NO RECORDS.

SUMMER:  Status uncertain.  No June or July records.  Three August records.  One at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA, GR) and one at Addison, Gallia Co., OH (WA, LK) on 06 August 1994.  31 August 1957 at McClintic WMA (Edeburn et al. 1960).  See Remarks section.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Casual Migrant from mid-April to early May.  Early dates, three on 26 March 1988 at Apple Grove, Mason Co., WV (HS); two on 27 March 2004 at Ashton, Mason Co., WV (WA, JF, MG, CK, KK); 5 on 13 April 1969 at Ashton, Mason Co., WV (HS).  Latest dates, two on 26 May 1958 at Crab Creek, Mason Co., WV (Edeburn et al. 1960); two on 10 May 1968 at Ona, Cabell Co., WV (LK).  These records also represent spring high counts.

 Fall:  Accidental.  One on 03 September 1997 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA, photographed).

REMARKS:

Nesting:  An adult and one "downy young" at Lakin State Hospital, Mason Co., WV, with no exact date specified (RK) (Edeburn et al. 1960).