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Limnodromus griseus · Scolopacidae

Short-billed Dowitcher: When and Where to See It

Adult Short-billed Dowitcher
Photo: datadan, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Short-billed Dowitcher reaches Rhode Island first, around mid May, and Arkansas last, around late July.

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Second week of November

Each county is shaded by the share of complete checklists there that listed the bird, blended with the weeks either side. Darker is more often. It follows where people watch birds, not how many birds there are. How to read it.

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0%1%2%3%Jan 1-7: 0.3% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 0.3% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 0.3% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 0.3% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 0.3% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 0.2% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 0.2% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 0.2% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 0.2% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 0.2% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 0.3% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 0.3% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 0.4% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 0.5% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 0.7% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 0.7% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 0.7% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 1.0% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 1.2% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 0.6% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 0.3% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 0.2% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 0.1% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 0.2% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 0.6% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 1.4% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 1.7% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 1.7% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 1.7% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 1.9% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 2.2% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 2.0% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 1.5% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 1.0% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 0.7% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 0.5% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 0.4% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 0.4% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 0.4% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 0.4% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 0.3% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 0.4% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 0.3% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 0.3% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 0.3% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 0.3% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 0.2% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 0.2% of 1132751 checklistsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Share of complete checklists reporting it, by week (4 per month). Grey bars: fewer than 10 checklists, not counted.

Pooled across every state in the data, so it leans toward states with the most birders.

States, in order of first arrivals

StatePatternFirst arrivalsPeakMost gone byPeak %
LouisianaSummer visitorMar 8-14Apr 15-21Jun 1-72.4%
DelawareSummer visitorApr 8-14Jul 22-31Sep 1-717%
AlaskaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Aug 22-317.8%
New JerseySummer visitorApr 15-21May 15-21Jun 1-76.0%
North CarolinaSummer visitorApr 15-21Aug 15-21Nov 15-212.7%
IowaSummer visitorMay 1-7May 8-14May 22-311.6%
WisconsinSummer visitorMay 1-7May 8-14May 22-311.6%
Rhode IslandPasses throughMay 15-21Jul 15-21Sep 1-714%
AlabamaSummer visitorJun 15-21Apr 15-21May 22-312.2%
CaliforniaSummer visitorJun 22-30Aug 22-31May 8-143.0%
MassachusettsSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 1-7Sep 8-146.2%
ConnecticutSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 15-21Sep 22-304.1%
FloridaSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 22-31Jun 8-143.6%
MaineSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 15-21Sep 8-144.9%
OhioSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 15-21Sep 8-143.3%
South CarolinaSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 15-21May 22-312.9%
IllinoisSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 8-14Sep 8-142.0%
IndianaSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 15-21Sep 8-141.4%
MichiganSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 15-21Sep 1-71.4%
North DakotaSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 1-7Sep 1-72.0%
New HampshireSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 22-31Sep 22-301.2%
New YorkPasses throughJul 8-14Aug 8-14Sep 1-73.5%
WashingtonSummer visitorJul 8-14Aug 22-31Oct 1-72.6%
MarylandSummer visitorJul 8-14Aug 15-21Sep 15-211.4%
OregonSummer visitorJul 8-14Aug 22-31Sep 22-301.5%
TexasSummer visitorJul 8-14Apr 15-21May 15-212.4%
VirginiaSummer visitorJul 8-14Aug 15-21Sep 15-211.6%
NevadaPasses throughJul 15-21Sep 1-7Oct 1-71.3%
ArkansasPasses throughJul 22-31Aug 22-31Sep 8-141.8%
MississippiWinter visitorJul 1-7Oct 15-21Nov 8-141.9%

Summer visitor in: Louisiana, Alaska, New Jersey, Iowa, Wisconsin, Alabama, Texas, Delaware, North Carolina