Discover Worcester County - The Great Outdoors
Plovers & Sandpipers
Bird
|
Spring
(Mar-May)
|
Summer
(Jun-Jul)
|
Fall
(Aug-Nov)
|
Winter
(Dec-Feb)
|
Legend
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|---|
Black-bellied Plover
|
c
|
c
|
c
|
u
|
Abundant - A species which is very numerous
Common - Certain to be seen or heard in suitable habitat
Uncommon - Present, but not certain to be seen
Occasional - Seen only a few time during a season
Rare - Seen at intervals of 2 or more years
* Nesting has occured in the county within the past 5 years.
|
Lesser Golden-Plover
|
r
|
|
u
|
r
|
Wilson's Plover
|
|
|
r
|
r
|
Semipalmated Plover
|
a
|
a
|
c
|
r
|
Piping Plover*
|
u
|
u
|
u
|
|
Killdeer*
|
c
|
c
|
c
|
c
|
American Oystercatcher*
|
c
|
c
|
c
|
c
|
American Avocet
|
|
|
r
|
|
Greater Yellowlegs
|
u
|
c
|
c
|
u
|
Solitary Sandpiper
|
o
|
o
|
o
|
|
Willet*
|
c
|
a
|
u
|
r
|
Spotted Sandpiper
|
c
|
u
|
u
|
r
|
Upland Sandpiper
|
r
|
r
|
r
|
|
Whimbrel
|
c
|
c
|
u
|
r
|
Hudsonian Godwit
|
|
|
o
|
|
Marbled Godwit
|
|
|
o
|
r
|
Ruddy Turnstone
|
a
|
c
|
c
|
c
|
Red Knot
|
c
|
c
|
u
|
r
|
Sanderling
|
a
|
a
|
c
|
u
|
Semipalmated Sanderling
|
a
|
a
|
c
|
|
Western Sandpiper
|
r
|
c
|
c
|
o
|
Least Sandpiper
|
a
|
c
|
c
|
o
|
White-rumped Sandpiper
|
c
|
u
|
u
|
|
Pectoral Sandpiper
|
r
|
c
|
c
|
r
|
Purple Sandpiper
|
c
|
|
c
|
c
|
Dunlin
|
a
|
o
|
a
|
a
|
Curlew Sandpiper
|
r
|
r
|
r
|
|
Stilt Sandpiper
|
r
|
|
r
|
|
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
|
|
|
r
|
|
Ruff
|
|
|
|
r
|
Short-billed Dowitcher
|
a
|
a
|
c
|
o
|
Long-billed Dowitcher
|
|
|
r
|
|
Common Snipe
|
u
|
r
|
u
|
u
|
American Woodcock*
|
u
|
u
|
u
|
u
|
Wilson's Phalarope
|
r
|
|
r
|
|
Red-necked Phalarope
|
r
|
|
r
|
|
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