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Calidris fuscicollis · Scolopacidae

White-rumped Sandpiper: When and Where to See It

Adult White-rumped Sandpiper
Photo: María Regina Silva, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The White-rumped Sandpiper reaches Kansas first, around late April, and Wisconsin last, around mid 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%0.5%1%Jan 1-7: 0% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 0% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 0% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 0% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 0% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 0% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 0% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 0% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 0% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 0.1% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 0% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 0.1% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 0.1% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 0.1% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 0.1% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 0.2% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 0.3% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 0.5% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 0.8% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 0.7% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 0.5% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 0.3% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 0.1% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 0.1% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 0.1% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 0.1% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 0.1% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 0.1% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 0.3% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 0.4% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 0.5% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 0.5% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 0.5% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 0.3% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 0.3% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 0.2% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 0.2% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 0.2% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 0.2% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 0.1% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 0.1% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 0.1% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 0.1% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 0.1% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 0.1% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 0.1% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 0% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 0.1% 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 %
KansasPasses throughApr 22-30May 15-21Jun 1-75.0%
LouisianaPasses throughApr 22-30May 8-14May 22-312.5%
NebraskaPasses throughApr 22-30May 15-21Jun 8-144.7%
TexasPasses throughApr 22-30May 15-21Jun 1-72.8%
FloridaPasses throughApr 22-30May 8-14Jun 8-141.0%
MississippiPasses throughApr 22-30May 8-14Jun 8-141.9%
OklahomaPasses throughMay 1-7May 15-21Jun 1-73.3%
South DakotaPasses throughMay 1-7May 15-21Jun 1-74.2%
AlabamaPasses throughMay 1-7May 15-21Jun 8-141.6%
ArkansasPasses throughMay 1-7May 15-21Jun 1-71.5%
IowaPasses throughMay 1-7May 22-31Jun 1-72.3%
IndianaPasses throughMay 1-7May 22-31Jun 15-211.0%
TennesseePasses throughMay 1-7May 15-21Jun 1-71.0%
North DakotaPasses throughMay 8-14May 22-31Jun 8-144.2%
ConnecticutSummer visitorMay 8-14Jun 1-7Jun 15-211.1%
KentuckyPasses throughMay 8-14May 22-31Jun 1-71.4%
MinnesotaPasses throughMay 8-14May 22-31Jun 8-141.3%
MissouriPasses throughMay 8-14May 15-21Jun 1-71.6%
Rhode IslandSummer visitorMay 15-21Aug 8-14Oct 15-215.0%
WisconsinPasses throughMay 15-21May 22-31Jun 8-141.0%
DelawareSummer visitorJul 15-21Aug 22-31Oct 15-212.7%
MassachusettsSummer visitorJul 22-31Aug 15-21Oct 8-142.7%
MaineSummer visitorJul 22-31Aug 15-21Nov 1-72.9%
New YorkSummer visitorJul 22-31Aug 22-31Oct 22-311.5%
VermontSummer visitorJul 22-31Aug 15-21Nov 1-71.0%
New HampshireSummer visitorAug 1-7Aug 15-21Oct 22-311.3%
New JerseySummer visitorAug 1-7Aug 22-31Oct 22-311.7%

Summer visitor in: Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey