On about July 3, 1982, I saw a White-rumped Sandpiper take off from in front of me at Remington Farms, Kent County. Rob Hilton At 10:17 PM 07/24/1999 EDT, you wrote: >Bob et al., > >I was very interested when I chased the Little Stnt to find an adult >White-rumped Sandpiper in the same impundment. This was July 16. Sure >shocked me, but it was surely a White-rumped based on size, wing length, bill >shape, and breeding plumage characters (including the fine streaking down the >sides). I've never seen another one on the East Coast earlier than August. > >Best, > >Marshall Iliff >miliff@aol.com >