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Actitis macularius · Scolopacidae

Spotted Sandpiper: When and Where to See It

Adult Spotted Sandpiper
Photo: Chris O'Donoghue, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Spotted Sandpiper reaches Ohio first, around the second week of April, and Alaska last, around the second week of May.

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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%5%10%Jan 1-7: 1.2% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 1.3% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 1.3% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 1.2% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 1.1% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 1.0% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 0.8% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 1.0% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 0.9% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 0.8% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 0.8% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 0.7% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 0.8% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 1.2% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 2.3% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 4.8% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 7.2% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 7.9% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 8.0% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 5.8% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 3.4% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 2.6% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 2.5% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 2.6% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 3.2% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 4.4% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 5.7% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 7.2% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 8.0% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 8.3% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 8.1% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 6.9% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 5.4% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 4.0% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 3.0% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 2.3% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 1.7% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 1.4% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 1.3% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 1.2% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 1.3% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 1.4% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 1.3% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 1.3% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 1.4% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 1.3% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 1.3% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 1.3% 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 %
GeorgiaSummer visitorMar 1-7May 1-7Jun 1-76.4%
ArkansasSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7May 22-318.1%
South CarolinaSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7Jun 1-77.0%
KansasSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Jun 1-713%
NevadaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Sep 8-1413%
OhioSummer visitorApr 8-14Aug 8-14Sep 1-711%
OklahomaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14May 22-3112%
District of ColumbiaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Jun 1-78.1%
IndianaSummer visitorApr 8-14Aug 8-14Sep 15-219.8%
MarylandSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14May 22-319.4%
North CarolinaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14May 22-318.2%
PennsylvaniaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Sep 8-148.5%
VirginiaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14May 22-319.6%
West VirginiaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Jun 1-78.0%
KentuckySummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14May 22-317.2%
MissouriSummer visitorApr 8-14May 1-7May 22-316.6%
TennesseeSummer visitorApr 8-14May 1-7May 22-316.7%
IllinoisSummer visitorApr 15-21Aug 1-7Sep 1-716%
ColoradoSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 8-1414%
NebraskaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 1-713%
IowaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 8-1412%
MichiganSummer visitorApr 15-21Aug 1-7Sep 1-710%
New JerseySummer visitorApr 15-21Aug 8-14Sep 8-1411%
New YorkSummer visitorApr 15-21Aug 8-14Sep 8-1410%
South DakotaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 1-711%
DelawareSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Jun 1-78.5%
MinnesotaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 1-77.6%
New MexicoSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 22-309.3%
OregonSummer visitorApr 15-21May 15-21Sep 8-148.5%
UtahSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 8-148.8%
WisconsinSummer visitorApr 15-21Aug 8-14Sep 8-148.3%
MontanaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 1-716%
North DakotaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 1-713%
WyomingSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 1-715%
IdahoSummer visitorApr 22-30Aug 8-14Sep 1-712%
MassachusettsSummer visitorApr 22-30Aug 8-14Sep 15-2111%
ConnecticutSummer visitorApr 22-30Aug 8-14Sep 15-218.9%
New HampshireSummer visitorApr 22-30Aug 15-21Sep 22-308.0%
VermontSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 8-146.8%
WashingtonSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 8-146.5%
Rhode IslandSummer visitorMay 1-7Aug 8-14Sep 8-1418%
MaineSummer visitorMay 1-7Aug 8-14Sep 22-308.9%
AlaskaSummer visitorMay 8-14Aug 1-7Sep 1-77.5%
ArizonaSummer visitorJul 1-7Sep 1-7Jun 1-77.6%
AlabamaSummer visitorJul 1-7Aug 15-21Nov 8-146.0%
MississippiSummer visitorJul 8-14Aug 15-21May 22-318.7%
CaliforniaSummer visitorJul 8-14Aug 22-31May 15-216.8%
FloridaSummer visitorJul 8-14Aug 15-21May 15-216.8%
LouisianaSummer visitorJul 8-14Aug 15-21May 15-215.2%
TexasSummer visitorJul 8-14May 1-7May 22-317.3%

Summer visitor in: Georgia, Arkansas, South Carolina, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Delaware, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, Wyoming, Vermont, Texas, Arizona, Alabama, Mississippi, California, Florida, Louisiana