MarshallJ, Iliff and Canadaas "peeps"and in the Old From June to August, breeding occurs World as stints. Membersof this group between northern Scandinaviathrough 246Fast 16th Street, 16th St., Unit B poseconsiderable field identificationchal- north-centralSiberia in tundra and taiga lenges,the most difficult of which arises habitats (dd Hoyo et al. ]996, A.O.U. CostaMesa, California 92627 amongthe foursinall, black-legged species: 1998); breedinghas also occasionallybeen Semipalmated(C. pusilia)and Western(C. documentedon the ChukotskiyPeninsula (email:[email protected]) mauri) Sandpipers,and Litde and Red- in eastern Siberia (Gibson and Kessel 1992). necked(C. ruficollis)Stints, which are sim- Litfie Stint wintersthroughout Africa and ilarin size,structure, and plumage_ Indeed, the Mediterraneanand east through the BrianL. Sullivan Red-necked and Little Stints can be so sim- Arabian Peninsulaand the PersianGulf, to fiat that even somespecimens have been India and Myanmar,in a wide varietyof PRBOConservation Science consideredunidentifiable. For instance, a wetlandhabitats (del Hoyoet al. 1996,Zim- second-year[SY] stint collectedat the mermanet al_1996, A.O.U. 1998, Grimmerr 4990Shoreline Highway SaltonSea, Imperial County, California, 17 et al. 1999). It wintersonly rarelyin the August1974 (Ericksonand Hamilton2001; United Kingdo•nand southeasternMada- StinsonBeach, California 94970 SDNHM#38887) was initially identified as gascar(dd Hoyoet al. 1996). a Red-neckedStint (McCaskie 1975), the Little Stint migrates widely through latter identificationalso supported by Veit Europeand westernAsia, typically moving ABSTRACT (1988). More recently,however, the indi- southward to southwestward from its Arctic This paperreviews the 91 reportsof Little vidual has been considered unidentifiable breedinggrounds. Recendy, it has been Stint (Calidris mimaa) in the Ne• World and by the CaliforniaBird RecordsCommittee foundto occurrarely but regularlyin Thai- providesinformation on geographicaland (C.B.R.C.) (Erickson and Hamilton 2001). land (J. L. Dunn,pers. comm.) and Hong seasonaldistribution of the speciesin these Simfiarly,Se]nipahnated and Western Sand- Kong (in springonly; Careyet al. 2001). areas,as wall as informationon agesof pipersare so si]nilarin basicplumage that Vagrantshave been documented in theCape vagrants.All New World springrecords of their respectivewinter rangeswere only VerdeIslands. Iceland. the Faroes,Spitsber- known-ageindividuals pertain to adults(25 recentlydetermined (Phillips 1975). gen,Bear Island, Japan, Brunei, Papua New April-10June), whereas New Wodd autumn Wallace(1974) gavethe first thorough Guinea,and Australia (Hay]nan et al. 1986, recordshave involved both adults (30 June0 treatmentof sinall Calidris. Jonssonand Brazil 1991); there are no documented September)and juveniles(6 August-21 Grant (1984) and Voit and Ionsson(1984) recordsfrom Greenland (Boertmann 1994). November).Seasonal distribution of age updatedand expanded upon the fieldiden- Fallmigration takes place from July through classes is similar on both North American nficationof thisgroup; the formertreats the November,and spring migration occurs coasts;however, all fall Alaskarecords (save issuefrom a Europeanperspective, the lat- from April to earlyJune (Haymanet al one)have involved juveniles. The lone South ter from a New World viewpoint. Identifi- 1986). Juvenilesbegin their migrationin Americanrecord is from winter, but there are cation criteria have changedlittle since the August,later than dre passageof most no definitewinter recordsin North America; early 1980s, and readersare referredto adults,which peaksduring July and early however,an interior California record from those two excellent sources. Other thor- August(Haylnan et al. 1986)_Solne juve- Novembermay have pertaincd to a wintering oughtreatments of thefield identification of nilesremain on winteringgrounds through- attempt.Although brecding in theNew World small Calidris are found in illustrated field out the firstyear (del Hoyoet al. 1996). has not yet been documentcd,summer guidesby Jonsson(1993), Mullarneyet al. Since 1075, Little Stint has been found recordsfrom Alaska's North Slope raise the (1999), andSihlcy (2000). with increasingregularity as a vagrantin the possibilityof Nearctichreeding. NewWorld, primaril) in Alaska.Herein we DISTRIBUTIONAND VAGRANCY consider91 recordsthrough 15 August2004 RESOURCESFOR FIELD IDENTIFICATION LittleStint is a long-distancemigrant breed- (I-able1, on pages322-323) andreview pat- The Little Stint (Calid•is minuta:Figures ing in the High Arcticacross the northern ternsof seasonaldistribution in severalgeo- 1-5) is one of seven small, similarly Palearcticand wintering primarily in Africa graphicregions. Included in Table1 areall plumaged,Arctic-breeding sco/opacids that and India. The world populationis esti- recordsreviewed and acceptedby appropri- are knowncollectively in the UnitedStates matedat 1,434,000(dd Hoyoet al. ] 996). atestate and provincial records committees,

NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS as well as severalunreviewed and pending records.An unsubstantiatedreport from Antiguaon 16November 1975 (Holland and Williams 1978) is not included here, nor is a subsequentreport from Antigua on 23July 1976 (Morrison1980); to our knowledge, neither individual was documented. Althoughsome reports excluded from Table 1 maywell pertain to correcfiyidentified Lit- tle Stints,at least23 reportsof the species have been reviewedand not acceptedby state and provincialrecords committees: Nova Scotia(1); Connecticut(2); Pennsyl- vania (1); Delaware(3); New Jersey(3); Maryland(1); California(11). Of Califor- nia's18 reports,the C.B.R.C.has accepted only seven,all of whichare supportedby photographsor a specimen.(Note that one reportincluded in Tablel wasreviewed and rejectedby theC.B.R.C.; we haveindepend- enfiy reviewedthe written documentation andconsider the report acceptable.) Figure1. UttleStint, Estero Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico, 22 October 2002. Side profile showing straight bill All New Worldrecords pertain to single structure,bold head pattern, scapulars, tertials, and upperwing covert pattems. Allphotographs byBrian L. Sullivan. birds, with the exceptionof two Alaska records:one to twojuveniles at St.Matthew (92%) are from coastal sites and oceanic Lawrence(four recordseach), and Attu and Islandin Augusl1986; and two to three islands, a few inland occurrences--in Shemya(two recordseach), accountfor juvenilesat Attu Islandin September1983. Ontario, California,the Yukon,Washing- nearlyall Alaskarecords. In Alaska,spring Thirty-sevenper cent of the New World ton, and North Dakota have been docu- migrant Little Stints (12 records)have records come from Alaska, with most of the mented.Overall, New Worldrecords span occurredfrom 19 May to 28 Juneand have remaindersplit betweenthe East Coast the dates25 April to 21 November,with invariably involved alternate-plumaged (Newfoundland to North Carolina; 24%) most occurring during peak spring adults(Figure 6). Springrecords have been and the West Coast (British Columbia to (May-June)or fall (July-September)shore- from St. LawrenceIsland (four records),the Baja California; 20%). There are four birdmigration periods (Figures 6, 7, 8). Aleutians (three records), the Pribilofs (one recordsfrom Barbados,three recordsfrom Alaska's 34 Little Stint records (of 37 record), Barrow (four records), and Prud- the HawaiianIslands, two recordseach from birds)have all comefrom islands or penin- hoeBay (one record). Notably, the records Ontario and inland California,and single sulas, most of them well-known locations at Barrowand PrudhoeBay havefallen in records from the Yukon the periodfrom mid- to lateJune, and the Territory, North Dakota, mostrecent, present from 10 June through Bermuda, Montserrat, and 23 June 2002, involvedan adult tl•al wasat SouthGeorgia Island. In timesengaged in courtshipdisplay flights Canada and the Lower 48 (B. R. Zimmer,pers. comm.). Fall migrants States,California has the (22 records) have occurred between 6 most recordswith eight, August and 10 September(Figure 6); British Columbia has twenty-oneout of twenty-twofall records seven,followed by Massa- dassifiedto agein Alaskahave been juve- chusetts (six), Oregon niles. In contrast to records elsewhere in the (four), New York (four), New World,Alaska has just a singlerecord New Jersey (three), and of a fall migrantadult, which explains the Delaware (three). Almost lack of recordsfrom July (Figure 6). Fall all records have come from records have come from the Aleutians (six well-known coastal shore- records) and remote St. Matthew lsland bird stagingareas thai are (one record), but the Pribilofshave hosted systematicallycovered by the majorityof fall records(14 records). birders seeking unusual Alongthe PacificCoast of North Amer- shorebirdsduring migra- ica, thereis but one springrecord, of an tion (e.g., Monomoy adult in British Columbia (Table 1). Records Island, Massachusetts; of fall migrant adults have occurred9 JamaicaBay Refuge,New July-6 September(ten records),with seven Figure2. JuvenileLittle Stint, Estero Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico, York; Bombay Hook 22October 2002. Feeding posture ernphasizing long, straight bill, in the window 9-28 July, Nine juveniles National Wildlife Refuge palemantle braces, flared tertials, and long rear-ended look. have been found l0 August-30 October and Little Creek Wildlife Recordsof juvenilesare mostconcentrated Area, Delaware;San Joaquin Marsh, Moss for viewingmigrants and vagrantsfrom in mid-September,with six of 10 records Landing,and Bolinas,California: and Iona Siberia(and the New World). In theBering fallingbetween 4 and 22 September.Juve- SewagePonds, Vancouver, British Colum- Sea, offshore islands such as St. Paul (11 nile oufliersinclude the 10-11 August1995 bia). Althoughmost L•ttle Strut records records), St. George, Buldir, and St. recordin ClatsopCounty, Oregon, fully

VOLUME 58 (2004) NUMBER 3 317 three weeks before the next record of a New Stint have hinderedunderstanding of its the topic(Wallace 1974, Jonsson and Grant World juvenileaway from Alaska,and the New World distribution,but looking for 1984,Veit andJonsson 1984). Despitethe three mid-October records (Table 1). stintsin summerhas steadily gained in pop- advances in field identification of this Alongthe AtlanticCoast of North Amer- ularity,even featuring in mass-mediastories group,many Little Stintsmust continue to ica,there are only two springrecords. both (Tussig2003). Exceptinga 1961 specimen pass unnoticed among large flocks of of which pertain to Mternate-plumaged discoveredafter the fact (Gibson and Kessel migratingpeeps along both coasts and prob- adults (Table 1). An alternate- ably throughthe interior as well. Basic- plumagedadult at Monomoy,Massa- plumagedbirds from August through April chusetts19-25 June 1980 was anom- wouldbe exceptionallydifficult to detect, alous,essentially spanning the endof andit is not surprisingthat thereis but one typical spring migration and the record of such a bird in the New World beginningof fall migration.There are (Table1). Still, the regularitywith which 16 recordsof fall migrantadults 30 the speciesis detectedin fall migration June-19 August,and 11 of those alongboth coastssuggests that a few indi- records fall in the three-week win- vidualsprobably winter in the New World; dow of 16July-5 August(Figure 8). however,the South GeorgiaIsland speci- There are just three East Coast men is the only suchevidence to date.The recordsof juveniles, all of whichhave recordsof springmigrants further support occurred well after the latest record this suspicion,especially the 18 May 1991 of an adult (Table 1). recordfrom the Salton Sea, a mostunlikely In the North American interior, locationfor a newlyarrived vagrant from thereare four recordsof fall migrant the Old WorM. adults4 July-20August (Table 1). The Detectionbiases certainly influence the southern Ontario record is from an numbersand compositionof recordsfrom area containingsmall concentrations differentparts of the New WorM. Remote of migrantshorebirds, whereas the oceanicislands, such as Hawaii, where no northern Ontario record was in a small Figure3. JuvenileLittle Stint, Estero Punta Banda, Baja California, small black-leggedpeeps are regular,are puddlewith only a few othershore- Mexico,22 October 2002. When viewed head-on, the pattern of the knownfor theirrecords of remarkablelong- splitsupercilium became striking, asdid the bold dark central crown, birdspresent. The North Dakota adult cleanwhite throat and lower malar regioa. The dusky grayish wash distancevagrants, and the lack of a well- was found at sewageponds. Two acrossthe upper breast was also evident in this posture. definedpattern suggests that vagrant Little exceptionalrecords from interior Cali- Stintsare genuinelyrare there. In Alaska, forniaat theSalton Sea and Harper Dry Lake 1992), the first record was documented in where Red-neckedStint is regular.some are of a springmigrant adult and a juvenile, 1975 (Pellow 1976), with six recordsfol- breeding-plumagedadult Little Stintsmay respectively(Table 1); thelatter, collected in lowingin the 1970s,48 in the 1980s,19 in bepassed off as Red-necked Stints in spring lateNovember, may have been attempting to the1990s, and 16 between 16 July 2000 and andsummer by unwaryobservers. Similarly winter.A finalrecord of a springadult comes 10 August 2004. This specieshas been in fall,juvenile Red-necked Stints are regu- fromthe Yukon Territory. found nearlyannually since 1979, which lar on some western Alaska islands, and Ten additionalrecords of single birds suggeststhat it hasprobably occurred regu- juvenile Little Stints can easilybe over- come from mid-oceanic islands in the larlyin verylow numbersin theNew World looked among Red-neckedStints. Away North Pacific (Kure Atoll; Oahu), North and only beganto be detectedas coverage from Alaska,any bright-plumagedadult Atlantic/Caribbean (Bermuda; Barbados; increasedand our knowledge of fieldidenti- peep is an occasionfor study,so careful Montserrat), and South Atlantic (South ficationof smallshorebirds improved, par- observersare unlikely to passover an adult GeorgiaIsland). The sevenAtlantic records ticularlyfollowing three seminal articles on Little Stint in springor summer. Interest- include a migrant adult on ingly, adult Little Stints Bermudain June,an Augustadult have been detected almost from Montserrat,and four Ma) twice as often in East Coast recordsfrom Barbados.A speci- states (19 records) as in men record from Bird Island, West Coast states (12 South Georgia (a Southern records),whereas records of Atlantic islandgroup claimedb) juveniles have predomi- Argentinaand the United King- natcd in West Coast states, dom) on 31 Dec 1977 is unique: where there are ten records not onlyis it theonly South Amer- comparedto just three in icanrecord and only winter record the East. The disparity in the New World, but it was also betweenthe coastsmay bc a reported as being in alternate productof the molt timing plumage (Hayman et al. 1986). • of the more common The Hawaiian records involve two Calid•is, as hatching-year recordsof falljuveniles 14 Septem- Western Sandpipersbegin ber-10October and a singlespring • their post-juvenalmolt on adult (Table 1). migrationin August,much earlier than either Semi- EXTRALIMITALDISTRIBUTION AND Figure4. JuvenileUttle Stint, Estero Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico, 22 October 2002. palmated or Little Stint, POSSIBLEVECTORS OF VAGRANCY Sideview accentuating therufous spotting of theupper breast sides, dark auriculars, both of which typically Difficultiesin identifyingLittle rufouspatch on the rear crown, and pale hind neck. molt on their wintering

318 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS groundsand thusare in juvenalplumage ity in theUnited Kingdom (Lewington et al. easilyexplained in two ways:the spring throughOctober (Veit andJonsson 1984). 1991,Vinicombe and Cottridge 1996) is of records of adults would seem to be the Due to thosedifferences in molt timing,a interest: records of Red-necked on the U.S. productof breeders"overshooting" the juvenileLittle Stint amongWestern Sand- East Coast are similar in number to those of Siberianbreeding grounds, whereas the piperson theWest Coast in mid-September LittleStint (Escott 1995), and thisparity, in autumn recordsof juvenileswould seem mightstand out as the only more likely to involve "reverse" individualstill in juvenal migrationover or nearthe pole. plumage (as at Estero Thirteen Alaska records are from PuntaBanda; Figures 1-5), springor summer,whereas twenty- whereas on the East Coast, one are from the "fall" migration sucha bird might be sur- window;thus it seemssafe to say roundedby hundredsof that Little Stint is a more common juvenal-plumagedSemi- fall thanspring vagrant there. Visit- palmatedSandpipers. On ing birdersto westernmostAlaska the other hand, the differ- (includingthe Aleutiansand Pri- encein detectionmay sim- bilofs) have tended to be much ply be owingto the greater morenumerous in springand early effortto scrutinizejuvenile summerthan fall, thus apparently peepson the West Coast, supportingthe seasonaldisparity in where Semipalmated is Little Stintoccurrence there. Apart activelysought by birders from the four Barrow/PrudhoeBay each season. records,all Alaska recordsare from Four theories of arian Figure5. JuvenileUttle Stint, Estero Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico, 22 October 2002. islandoutposts, most of whichhave vagrancyin Arctic-nesting Duringactive feeding, the bird looked rather slim overall, long-necked andlong-winged. hadbetter coverage by visitingbird- shorebirdsmay in part ersduring spring than in fall, with accountfor appearancesof Little Stint in lightof thefew western European records of few receivinguniform coveragethrough North America. Among these,"reverse" Red-necked,would appearto supportthe both seasons.One recentexception is St. migration,a hypothetical forth of misorien- notion, as do the interior North American PaulIsland, in the Pribilofs,which recently tationin whichnorth and southbearings records,that strutson the East Coast m fall has had activebirders present from early are reversed,and "mirror" migration,in arrivefrom a northwesterlydirection. May throughlate August,a period that which east and west are reversed (DeSante The May recordsfrom Barbados and the encompassesalmost all Alaskarecords of 1983), could togetheraccount for most springEast Coast records suggest a third Little Stint. Despitethe goodcoverage reportsof thespecies south of Alaska. explanatory'model, that of displacementor throughthese months, some 14 of the 16 Vinicombeand Cottridge(1996) review disorientationover the ocean,followed by Pribilofrecords have been of fall juveniles, avianvagrancy in Britainand stress the sig- northward reorientation in North America. whilejust oneis of an adultin spring(Table nificanceof 180ø "reversedmigration" over Thisscenario was described by Eisenmann 1). Thus fall juvenile Little Stintswould the North Pole in bringingsome juvenile (1960) to explain the occurrence of seemto occurin Alaskafar morefrequently shorebirdsto Britain-•e.g.,Pacific Golden- Eurasian shorebirds such as Ruff (Philo- thando adultsin spring,a patternsimilar to Plover(Pluvialis fulva), Gray-tailed Tatder raachuspugnax) and CurlewSandpiper (C. that shownby Sharp-tailedSandpiper, for (Heteroscelusbrevipes), and Red-necked ferruginea)in theNew World (see also Wil- which there are few springrecords (12 Stint. While this model appearsto have son2001). In thecase of LitdeStints, per- May-11June) but large numbers, occasion- someexplanatory' power in thecase of juve- hapsindividuals possessing normal migra- ally includingflocks of over 100 birds,in niles,and could surely account for juvenile tory'orientation are occasionallydisplaced fall (Mlodinow 2001). The reduced cover- Little Stints in North America, it is not clear westwardof their springmigration routes ageof islandoutposts in fall and the diffi- that reverse-migrantsover the polewould (from Africa northward and northeastward culty of separatingjuvenile Little Stints be able to maintain normal migration into Europe and western Eurasia) by fromRed-necked Stints conceivably contin- cycles--andthus it is problematicto apply weatherevents, and thesedisplaced birds ues to obscure the relative abundance of Lit- sucha theory'to themany adult Little Stints over the Atlantic Ocean eventuallyfly tle Stintsin the BeringSea region in fall. noted in North America in fall. (Misorien- downwindin the east-northeasterlytrade The three records of Little Stint from Bar- tation in birdsthat breedat high latitudes winds at about 15 ø N latitude. First landfall row and the one from PrudhoeBay come neednot be a productof physicaldeficien- for sucha bird mightbe on the Windward from mid- to lateJune, later than all other cies:a bird caughtup in a storm while Islandsof the LesserAntilles and especially recordsof spring migrantsin the New migratingmight surely become misoriented Barbados,which lies some 150 km to the World. The 2002 sightrecord of an indi- in near-polarregions, where magnetic indi- east of the nearest Windward Islands. Other vidualengaged in courtshipflight displays cations of north and south are weak.) On migratory'Palearctic species that winter in suggeststhat thisspecies may be nestingin the other hand, 'bmirror"migration would Africa in fall includingGarganey (Anas the New World. Little Stint has bred as close direct fall migrant Little Stints in the querquedula),Cattle Egret (Bubulcusibis), to Alaskaas the ChukotskiyPeninsula in Palearctic southeastward instead of south- Little Egret (Egrettagarzetta), and Gray extreme eastern Siberia and should be westward, or vice-versa, for instance thus Heron (Ardea cinerea)--have shown such watchedfor as a breedingspecies on the presumablyallowing birds to returnto their patternsof occurrence(Ebels 2002). Once North Slopeat Barrowand PrudhoeBay, nestinggrounds, and successful repetitions in the westernNorth Atlanticregion, these and,perhaps, Nome. of this "flawed"migratory' route could bet- birds might then engagein northward ter accountfor the appearanceof some migration toward the North American ACKNOWLEDGMENTS adult Little Stints •n North America. The Atlantic coast. The authorswould like to thankGeorge L. factthat Red-necked Stint is a genuinefar- Finally,the 34 Alaskarecords are most Armistead, Gavin Beiber, Don Cecile,

VOLUME 58 (2004) NUMBER 3 319 Peter Donaldson, Richard A. Erickson, Martin Frost. Steve Heinl, Robb S. A. Kaler, Rick Knight, Paul E. Lehman, Edward B. Massiah, Steve G. Mlodinow, Robert L. Norton, Robert L. Pyle, and FrankRohrbacher for providingassistance with assemblingrecords. Richard A. Erick- son, Robb S. A. Kaler, Nils Warnock, and AlvaroJaramillo reviewedearlier drafts of thisarticle and greatly improved it.

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VOLUME 58 (2004) - NUMBER 2 321 Table1. AllNew World and Hawaiian records ofLittle Stint through 15August 2004 by geographic region. ALASKA

Age No. Date Location StatusReference Comments

1 J 6 Aug1961 St.Paul I., AK * Gibsonand Kesse11992 *USNM476187, male 2 J 13Aug 1975 BuldirI.,AK * Byrdand Day 1986 *UAM3422 3 J 18Aug 1975 BuldirI.,AK * Byrdand Day 1987 *UAM3423 4 A 28Jun 1976 Pt.Barrow, AK p Myersand Greenburg 1978 5 A 8 Jun1980 St.Lawrence I.,AK * Gibsonand Kesse11992 *UAM3753, male 6 A 23Jun 1980 Barrow,AK * Gibsonand Kesse11992 *UAM3762, female 7 J 20-21Aug 1981 St.Paul I., AK p Gibsonand Kesse11992 8 J 24Aug 1981 St.George I.,AK p* Gibsonand Kesse11992 *UAM4132, male 9 A 31May-1 Jun 1983 ShemyaI.,AK p Gibsonand Kesse11992 with Red-neckedStint 10 J 2-3 5-10Sep 1983 AttuI., AK p Gibsonand Kossel 1992 11 A 1 31May 1984 St.Lawrence I.,AK Gibsonand Kossel 1992 12 J 1 10Aug 1986 St.George I.,AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 13 J 1 11Aug 1986 St.Paul I., AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 14 J 1 14Aug 1986 St.George 1.,AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 15 J 1 15Aug 1986 St.George I.,AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 16 J 1-2 16-21Aug 1986 St.Matthew I.,AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 17 J 18Aug 1986 St.Paul I., AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 18 J 24-25Aug 1986 St.Paul I., AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 19 A 22May 1987 ShemyaI.,AK p Gibsonand Kesse11992 20 A 10Jun 1987 St.Lawrence I.,AK p Gibsonand Kesse11992 21 A 31May-2 Jun 1988 St.Lawrence I.,AK p Gibsonand Kesse11992 22 A 19May 1989 St.Paul I., AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 23 J 25-27Aug 1989 St.Paul I., AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 withjuvenile Red-necked Stints 24 J 28Aug 1989 BuldirI.,AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 25 U 9 Aug1990 Buldir1., AK Tobishand Isleib 1991 I. L.Jones, no details 26 A 22-26May 1991 AttuI., AK p Gibsonand Kesse11992 27 A 19Jun 1991 ProdhoeBay, AK p N.Warnook, pers. comm. 28 U 7-8Aug 1996 St.Paul I., AK Gibsonand Kesse11992 29 A 16Jun 2001 FreshwaterL,Barrow, AK P A.Jamarillo, pers. comm. dulladult 30 J 17-19Aug 2001 St.Paul I., AK p Tobish2002 31 A 10-23Jun 2002 StintPond, Barrow, AK B.R.Zimmer, pers. comm. givingflight display 32 J 21-24Aug 2002 St.Paul I., AK a Tobish2003 33 J 9 Sep2002 ShemyaI.,AK • Tobish2003 34 A 8-9Aug 2003 St.Paul I., AK p Tobish2004, G. Beiber pers. comm.

WESTCOAST

Age No. Date Location StatusReference Comments

1 A 1 21Jul 1983 IonaSewage Ponds, Vancouver, BC A DiLabio 1992 2 J 1 14-22Sep 1983 Bolinas,Marin Co., CA P Roberson1986 3 J 1 7Sep 1985 TillamookBay,Bayocean Spit, P Gilliganetal. 1994 TillamookCo., OR 4 J 1 10-21Sep 1985 MossLanding, Monterey Co., CA P Dunn1988 ph.in Dunn 1988 5 J 1 12Sep 1986 BandonMarsh, Coos Co., OR P Gilliganetal. 1994 6 A 1 9 Jul1988 UpperNewport Bay, Orange Co., CA a Heindeland Garrett 1995 Notaccepted byCalifornia B.ILC.; weconsider details diagnostic 7 A 10Jul 1988 112thStreet, Vancouver, BC A Campbelletal. 1990 8 A 17Jul 1988 EsquimaltLagoon, Colwood, BC P D.Cecile, pers. comm. 9 A 2•4Jun 1992 IonaSewage Ponds, Vancouver, BC P DiLabio 1992 10 A 25-28Jul 1992 SanJoaquin Marsh, Orange Co., CA P Heindeland Patten 1996 of.American Birds 46:1196 11 J 22Sep-14 Oct 1994 Bolinas,Marin Co., CA P Howelland Pyle 1997 12 J 10-11Aug 1995 S.Jetty, Columbia R.,Clatsop Co., OR P Tweitand Gilligan 1996 13 A 4-6Sep 1995 IonaSewage Ponds, Vancouver, BC A Holder1995 molting 14 A 12Jul 1998 RockyPt. Banding Observatory, D.Cecile, pers. comm. Matchosin,BC 15 J 4-8Oct 1999 IonaSewage Ponds and Iona South Jetty, A D.Cecile, pers. comm. Vancouver,BC 16 A 13Jul 2002 CoosBay North Spit, Coos Co., OR P MIodinowand Tweit 2002 17 A 25-26Aug 2002 LosAngeles R.mouth, Los Angeles Co., CA P McCaskieandGarrett 2002 fadingalternate 18 J 22-30Oct 2002 EsteroPunta Banda, p Ericksonetal. 2002 ph.in North American Birds57:144 BajaCalifornia, Mexico

322 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EASTCOAST

AgeNo. Date Location StatusReference Comments 1 A 23May 1979 PortMahon, Kent Co., DE p Rowlett1980 notyet reviewed byB.R.C. 2 A 19-25Jun 1980 Monomoy,Barnstable Co.,MA P Nikula1980 with Red-neckedStint 3 A 30Jun-4 Jul 1980 CastaliaMarsh, Grand Marian I.,NB P Godfrey1986 4 A 24-30Jul 1982 PortMahon, Kent Co., DE Hesset al. 2000 notyet reviewed byB.R.C. 5 A 17-22Jul 1983 JamaicaBay Refuge, Queens, NY P Levine1998 6 J 23-25Oct 1983 HartlenPt., NS P Godfrey1986 ph.in American Birds38:176 7 A 5Jun 1984 JamaicaBay Refuge, Queens, NY Levine1998 notyet reviewed 8 A 22-24Jul 1985 BrigantineN.W.R., Atlantic Co., NJ A Paxtonetal. 1985 fadingalternate 9 A 25Jul-5 Aug 1985 ThirdCliff, Scituate, MA P Petersenetal. 1985 10 A 6-14Aug 1986 DuxburyBeach, Plymouth Co.,MA P Veitand Petersen 1993 molting(bright but fading) 11 A 28Jul-8 Aug 1987 Plymouth,Plymouth Co.,MA Forster1988 12 J 2 Sep1987 JamaicaBay Refuge, Queens, NY A Levine1998 13 J 20Sep 1987 Hart-MillerI.,Baltimore Co.,MD A PeterjohnandDavis 1996 14 A 3Aug 1988 CastaliaMarsh, Grand Marian I.,NB A Mactavish1989 convincinglydescribed 15 A 22-25Jul 1989 CapeHatteras, Cape Pt., Dare Co., NC P MlodinowandO'Brien 1996 slightlyworn 16 A 19Aug 1989 PlumI.N.W.R., Essex Co., MA A Veitand Petersen 1993 notyet reviewed byB.R.C. 17 A 28Jul-5 Aug 1990 Squantum,MA A Veitand Petersen 1993 18 A 7Jul 1996 BombayHook H.W.R., Kent Co., DE A Gordon1997 19 A 11-18Jul 1999 SouthCape May Meadows/Higboe Beach, P Paxtonetal. 1999 fadingalternate, ph.in CapeMay Co., HJ NorthAmerican Birds 53:460 20 A 1 16Jul 2000 Pike'sBeach, Suffolk Co., NY P Wilsonet al. 2002 fadingalternate 21 A 1 9-10Jul 2003 StoneHarbor Pt., Cape May Co., NJ p Paxtonet al.2004 22 A 1 7-11Aug 2003 OdiornePt.and vicinity, Rye, HH P Ellisonand Martin 2004 molting;ph. in North American Birds 58:172

INTERIORNORTH AMERICA

AgeNo. Date Location StatusReference Comments

1 k 1 10Jul 1979 HorthPoint, OH P* Morrison1980 HMHS#68651 (Ottawa), male 2 J 1 21Hov 1988 HarperDry Lake, San Bernardino Co.,CA P* Heindeland Garrett 1995 SBCM#52766 3 A 1 18May 1991 WisterUnit, Imperial Wildlife Area, P Pattenetal. 1995 ImperialCo., CA 4 k 1 25Jul 1992 CasselmanSewage Lagoons, P DiLabio 1992 RussellCo., ON 5 A 1 19May 1997 JudasCreek, YK P Eckertand Sinclair 1997 6 A 1 4-5Jul 2003 MinotSewage Lagoons, Minot, ND p Martin2004 ph.in North American Birds 57:574 7 A 1 5-13Aug 2004 YakimaR.Delta, Richland, WA p fideB. and N. LaFramboise

OCEANICISLANDS

AgeNo. Date Location StatusReference Comments 1 k 8-11Jun 1975 Luke'sFarm, Bermuda p Pellow1976 2 J 26Sep-10 Oct 1983 KureAtoll, HI P Pyleet al. 1988 3 J 14-25Sep 1985 WaipioPeninsula, Oahu, HI P Pyleet al. 1 988 4 A 25Apr-2 May 1987 WaipioPeninsula, Oahu, HI P Pyleet al. 1988 transitionalplumage 5 A 1-6May 1997 CongoRoad, St.Philip, Barbados p E.Masslab, pets. comm. 6 A 11May 1997 CongoRoad, St. Philip, Barbados a E.Masslab, pers. comm. 7 A 16May 1999 Packers,Barbados p E.Masslab, pers. comm. 8 A 3 May2002 CongoRoad, St. Philip, Barbados a E.Masslab, pers. comm. 9 A 17Aug 2003 BelhamR.mouth, Montserrat p Nortonet al. 2004 10 k 31Dec 1977 BirdI.. South Georgia Island. Argentina * MazarBarnett and Pearman 2001, female; date incorrectly reported Princeand Cruxall 1996 as29 Decin Princeand Cruxall 1996

AgeCedes A= Adult,J= Juvenile,U= Unknown

StatusCodes P= acceptedbyBird Records Committee (B.R.C) with photographs p= JdentJfiablyphotographed A= acceptedbyB.R.C based onwritten details a= acceptablebased ondesaiptive details * = museumspedmen

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