ABSTRACT Summary of Upland Sandpiper banding is presented. There have been only 11 recoveries of 1484 sandpipers banded. Details of these recoveries are presented.

863 University Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 0J8 1405 Wilson Road Boyne City, MI 49712 Canadian Wildlife Service #210, 4999 98 Avenue Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3 DISCUSSION The Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia Iongicauda) has received relatively little attention from bird banders. Before computerization, 1923-1954, 241 Upland Sandpipers were banded, including a high of 28 in 1943 (Bird Banding Notes, 1922-1965). Prior to 1955, the Banding Office provided no breakdowns for states and provinces, nor for individual banders. Beginning in 1955, through 1996, another 1243 individuals were banded in 21 states, four provinces, and one sandpiper each in Panama and British West Indies. Jurisdictions with highest numbers banded were: New York, 452; Michigan, 186; Minnesota, 111; Kansas, 86; and Saskatchewan, 55. Banders with highest totals were M.O. Chevalier (New York), 317; S.C. Drury (Michigan), 138; V. Meig (Wisconsin), 110; A.H. Grewe, Jr. (Minnesota), 106; and J.R. Cohen (New York), 93. Recovery rates were three of 241 (1.2%) for the pre-1955 bandings, and eight of 1243 (0.6%) for 1955-1996 bandings. Nine banders shared a total of 11 recoveries from 1484 birds banded (0.7%) (Table 1). Only M.O. Chevalier, whose sandpiper holds the banding longevity record at 8 years, 11 months, has published his results (Garber et al. 1997). Nine of the recoveries were locals (flightless young) at the time of banding, while two were adults. Seven recoveries were beyond the 10-minute block of latitude and longitude where banded, and four were in a different state, province or country. An adult banded by George Wagner in Wisconsin was found injured in Mississippi, 1115 km distant. A local banded in North Dakota by Michael Johnson was shot in Texas, 1730 km distant. There was a single recovery from the winter range, which extends from Surinam to Central Argentina and Uruguay (Amer. Ornith. Union 1998). An adult female trapped on a nest with three nestlings by Geoff Holroyd at Alexandria, in the extreme eastern corner of Ontario, was shot by the noted ornithologist Helmut Sick near Quixada, Brazil, 5650 km to the south. The most interesting recovery of all added a new species to the list of Spanish birds. No. 1163- 19030 (with a colored plastic band on the opposite leg) was banded on thc Koutsky farm near Pellston in Emmet County, Michigan, near the northern tip of the lower peninsula, by Sid Drury on 5 July 1988. The flightless young bird was about 17 days of age and weighed 57.8 g. It was shot (with a plastic reed!), in the municipality of Los Palacios, on the east bank of the Guadaliquivir River delta, about 25 km south of Sevilla, Spain (37ø10'N, 5ø50'W), on 2 December 1988. The finder read "USA" on the band and turned it in. The minimal distance traveled, in a direct line, was 6385 km. Bent (1929) reported that there had been six sightings of the Upland Sandpiper in England, 1851-1879, together with single sightings from Denmark, Holland, Italy, and Malta. Later European sightings include the British Isles (35 more), Italy (6 more), France (4), Iceland (3), Azores (2), and one each from Germany, Sicily, Malta, and Portugal (cited in Alstrom and Colston 1991). Table 1. Details of Recoveries of 11 Upland Sandpiper. Banding Location Bander Lat/ Date How Long Wagner 430-892 22 May 1942 Injured Johnson 470-983 12 Jul 1951 Ms.A.H. Kelley 424-832 17 Jul 1954 EA. Clinch 435-755 06 Jul 1958 Holroyd 451-743 07 Jun 1968 J.R. Cohen 403-734 13 Jun 1974 J.R. Cohen 403-734 06 Jul 1976 M. Chevalier 403-734 12 Jun 1981 M. Chevalier 403-734 10 Jun 1984 S. Postupalsky 405-833 06 Jul 1987 S. Drury 453-844 05 Jul 1988 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Found dead Struck object Found dead Airplane Auto Found dead Auto We thank M. Kathleen Klimkiewicz for details of the band recovery in Spain, and Keith Russell for copying the European sightings summarized in Alstrom and Colston. Mary Whitmore provided guidance to SCD in the Michigan banding study, 1988-1991. Anne Demers, Banding Office, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, provided computer files of all North American bandings and recoveries, as well as banders' current addresses. Janet Hinshaw helped in our sleuthing. Elisabeth Bantjes explained the confusing term, translated into English as municipal terminal, which simply means municipality. We would also like to acknowledge permission received from Kelley's estate, Cohen, Chevalier, and Postupalsky for the use of their records. LITERATURE CITED Alstrom, P. and P. Colston. 1991. A field guide to the rare birds of Britain and Europe. Harper Collins, London. American Ornithologists' Union. 1998. Check-list of North American birds, h ed. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC. Bent, A.C. 1929. Life histories of North American shorebirds, part 2. U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. #146. Recovery Location Lat/ Date Long 330-883 29 Aug 1946 313-965 10 Apr 1953 424-832 01 Jul 1956 430-753 10 May 1959 Page 2 -45-391 21 Feb 1969 404-733 -- Jul 1974 403-734 08 May 1978 403-734 11 Jul 1984 450-832 20 May 1991 371-055 02 Dec 1988 Bird Banding Notes, Volumes 1-5. 1922-1965. United States Bureau of Biological Survey and Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. Garber, S.D., S. Chevalier, and J.R. Cohen. 1997. Twenty-eight year study of Upland Sand- piper breeding population in New York. N. Am. Bird Bander 22:109-113.