Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia
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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); one on 16 (MG) and 17 (WA, MG, DP, GR) April 2011 just north of Crab Creek, Mason Co., WV. 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).