Record of Semipalmated Sandpiper on Mount Rainier, Washington
Record of Semipaimated Sandpiper on Mount Rainier, Washington
On September 9, 1919, following a day of heavy rain, a small sandpiper was noticed on the mud shores of a lakelet in St. Andrews Park, elevation 5000 feet, Mount Rainier, Washington. This bird was collected by Stanton Warburton, Jr., and prepared for the State College of Washington collection by William T. Shaw, of that institution, The skin was later sent to the Biological Survey, Washington. D. C., for determination, and pronounced Ereunetes pusillus, by Dr. H. C. Oberholser. It is now in the collection of the State College of Washington.
Only one bird of this species was seen, though two larger sandpipers, probably Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus, were frightened from the same pond a short time before.
William T. Shaw
Pullman, Washington, February 10, 1923
