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Winter range. — North rarely to Washington (Dungeness Spit) ; 

 rarely Arizona (Fort Verde and Bill Williams River) ; Texas (Tom 

 Green and Concho Counties. Boerne, San Antonio, and Refugio 

 County) ; Louisiana (Abbeville, Avery Island, and New Orleans) ; 

 and probably Virginia (Hog Island). East probably to Virginia 

 (Hog Island and Sandy Island) ; probably North Carolina (Corolla 

 and Pea Island) ; South Carolina (Ladys Island and Frogmore) ; 

 Georgia (Blackbeard Island, Darien, and St. Marys) ; Florida 

 (Amelia Island, Daytona Beach, Miakka, and the Florida Keys) ; 

 the Bahama Islands (Andros, New Providence, and Inagua Islands) ; 

 probably Porto Rico; the Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, and 

 Grenada) ; French Guiana (Cayenne) ; Brazil (Para, Cajetuba, 

 Iguape, Pelotas, and Rio Grande do Sul) ; Uruguay (Lazcano, San 

 Vicente, and Colonia) ; and Argentina (Buenos Aires, Azul, Carhue, 

 and Bahia Blanca). South to Argentina (Bahia Blanca) ; Chile 

 (Straits of Magellan, Valparaiso, Paposo, and Antofagasta) ; Peru 

 (Lake Titicaca, Tinta, and Chorillos) ; Ecuador (Cuenca, Canar, and 

 Quito) ; Colombia (Bogota, Medellin, and Cartagena) ; Costa Rica 

 (San Jose and Puntarenas) ; Guatemala (Lake Atitlan) ; Jalisco 

 (Guadalajara); Sinaloa (Escuinapa); Lower California (San Jose 

 del Cabo, La Paz. and San Quintin) ; California (San Diego, Long 

 Beach, Santa Barbara, and the San Joaquin Valley) ; and rarely 

 Washington (Dungeness Spit). Greater yellow-legs also have been 

 reported as wintering on the coast of British Columbia (Macoun). 



/Spring migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Maryland, 

 Patapsco Marsh, March 26; Pennsylvania, Carlisle, March 19, and 

 Erie, March 28; New Jersey, Cape May, March 18, and Camden, 

 April 4; New York, Jamaica, March 20, Lowville, March 22, and 

 Montauk Point, March 23; Connecticut, West Haven, March 25, and 

 Fairfield, April 9; Massachusetts, Taunton, April 4, and Cambridge, 

 April 15; Maine, Pittsfield, April 26; Quebec, Quebec, April 18, 

 Godbout, April 26, Montreal, May 4, and Lake Mistassini, May 7; 

 Missouri, Kansas City, March 2, Corning, March 19, and Jasper City, 

 March 24; Illinois, Englewood, March 19, Tampico, March 22, and 

 Lebanon, March 29; Indiana, Terre Haute, March 19, Indianapolis, 

 March 22, and Vincennes, March 30; Ohio, Waverly, March 14, and 

 Columbus, February 21 ; Michigan, Bay City, March 26, Ann Arbor, 

 March 30, and Hillsdale, March 31; Ontario, Ottawa, March 25, 

 Toronto, March 26, and Blair, April 10; Iowa, Storm Lake, March 20, 

 La Porte, March 21, and Keokuk, March 26; Wisconsin, Delavan, 

 March 30, Madison, April 3, and Milwaukee, April 10; Minnesota, 

 Wilder, March 30, and Waseca, April 10; Oklahoma, Caddo, March 

 11; Kansas, Manhattan, March 11, Emporia, March 26, and Wichita, 

 April 6; Nebraska, Falls City, March 22, Valentine, April 6, and 

 Lincoln April 10 ; South Dakota, Sioux Falls, March 27, and Harri- 



