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Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria.
July 12 to October 25+ and April 5 to May 18. Common transient in small numbers. A total of eight were counted at Springdale waste water ponds April 27, 1988. A single healthy bird was observed along a spring-fed stream and pond near Johnson on January 4, 1986, and was present and still healthy a month later. Highest counts have been obtained at the Springdale wastewater treatment ponds. In fall 1987, counts as high as 7-12 birds were made July 25 - September 13 at this site.

Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia.
July 9 to October 12+ and April 8 to June 8+. Common transient. As many as 5 to 8 of these birds are seen regularly at the state fish hatchery during the peak migration periods, and the species is also commonly seen as it feeds along streams throughout the region. There are two half-century old records of breeding in the Winslow area (Black 1935), but none since. Callahan (1935) listed Spotted Sandpiper as a common summer resident at Lake Wedington, but no further details were published. The only record of a bird lingering after the southward fall migration occurred at thc Flint Creek plant lake in Benton County where a bird remained during the winter of 1982-1983, apparently bccause the lake's water temperature is abnormally high (Smith 1985).

Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda.
July 23 to September 17 and April 6 to May 16. Uncommon but regular transient usually in smal1 numbers. Baerg (1951) stated that a "small flock" was seen in Bentor County on Junc 30, 1940. The 12 birds in a pasture in Benton County near Centerton on Apri1 24, 1984, was a high number. Most reports are from Centerton.