About 50 birds were seen in March 1954 (Richardson, pers. comm. ). Woodside 
and Kramer ( op * cit.) saw a few birds in March 1961. 
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Population : The species is a seasonal migrant through the Leeward Hawaiians.. 
On Kure Atoll, 300 miles to the northwest, greater numbers of birds move 
through in the fall than in the spring and some birds remain all summer. 
About 1-00 birds were found on Lisianski in March 1963* and in March 
1964 an estimated 600 birds were on the island when it was visited by the 
POBSP. Only 30 birds were noted in August 1964, and 50 were counted the 
following month. One small flock was seen on the southwest beach in August. 
In March I 965 a flock of about 950 plovers, with a few Ruddy Turnstones 
( Arenaria interpres ) and Sanderlings ( Crocethia alba ), was observed and 
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photographed (W. 0. W. II) along the southern beaches. The flock maintained 
its identity and remained on the island for the three days that the POBSP 
team was there * Many individuals and small flocks were seen throughout 
the interior on this visit, and the island population was placed at 2000 
birds. The species was not reported in July 1965 . 
Range: Breeds from the arctic coast of Siberia and Alaska, Banks, Parry, 
and Worth Devon islands south to central Siberia, southwestern Alaska, 
central MacKenzie, northeastern Manitoba, and southern Baffin Island. 
Winters from eastern India, southern China, and the Hawaiians south to 
Australia, Tasmania, Wew Zealand, and the Tuamotu Islands; also from Bolivia 
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and southern Brazil south to central-eastern Argentina. 
Movement: An adult banded by Eugene Kridler, Bureau of Sport Fisheries 
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and Wildlife, on Lisianski on 11 March 1964 was recaptured by the POBSP 
on Kure Atoll on 1 September 1964. On 15 March 1965 this same bird was 
found dead by the POBSP on Southeast Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef. Pearl 
