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Birds of Note All Records For Purple Sandpiper
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| Purple Sandpiper | 1993 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 2 at Presque Isle 11/27 (J. McWilliams) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 1994 | Jan-Mar | Erie | 1 on 12/1 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 1995 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 1 on 11/12 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 1996 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 2 on 11/28-12/2 at Presque Isle SP (Dave Darney, Frank & Barb Haas) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 1998 | Jan-Mar | Erie | 1 on 11/16 (Don Snyder) and 12/6 (Rick Wiltraut) at Presque Isle State Park |
| Purple Sandpiper | 1999 | Jan-Mar | Erie | 2 on 11/12 (Jerry McWilliams) and 1 on 12/11 (Joyce Hoffman) at Presque Isle SP |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2002 | Aug-Nov | Bucks | 1 on 11/16 at Peace Valley Park(Cameron Rutt). This is the first fully documented report away from Presque Isle |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2002 | Aug-Nov | Erie | 5 at Sunset Point (Ben Coulter, m. ob.) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2002-2003 | Dec-Feb | Erie | 1 on 12/14 at Presque Isle State Park (Adam Troyer) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2003 | Aug-Nov | Erie | One 11/9 and 1 11/15 Presque Isle SP (B. Coulter / R. Koval) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2005 | Aug-Nov | Erie | two stopped to feed at the breakwaters for about 30 minutes during the Waterbird Count at Sunset Point 11/30 (Jerry McWilliams) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2005-2006 | Dec-Feb | Erie | one was found feeding among the breakwaters at Presque Isle SP 12/16-12/17 (Jerry McWilliams, Adam Troyer.) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2006 | Aug-Nov | Erie | One on11/20 and one or two on 11/28 & 11/30 at Presque Isle |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2006-2007 | Dec-Feb | Erie | One at Sunset Point Presque Isle 12/14 (Jerry McWilliams). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2007-2008 | Dec-Feb | Erie | One at Gull Point, Presque Isle SP, 12/14-16 (Jerry McWilliams, Ben Coulter). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2010-2011 | Dec-Feb | Erie | 2 passed Sunset Point during the Waterbird Count 12/2 (Jerry McWilliams). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2011 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one at Sunset Point 11/6 (Jerry McWilliams), and another at Sunset Point 11/28 (Dave Wilton, Shannon Thompson, Jerry McWilliams). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Erie | at least 6 during the Waterbird Count 12/2-18 (Jerry McWilliams, Shannon Thompson, Dave Wilton). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2012 | Aug-Nov | Erie | a record flock of 5 at Gull Point 11/24 (Neil Troyer) and 2 there 11/25 (Geoff Malosh). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2012-2013 | Dec-Feb | Erie | 2 at Presque Isle S.P. 12/14-24 (Shawn Collins, Adam Erb, Jerry McWilliams), and one at Presque Isle S.P. 2/9-10, first February record (Drew Mortensen, ph. Geoff Malosh). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2013 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one flew west past Sunset Point 11/10 (Jerry McWilliams, Geoff Malosh, Sam Stull, Roger Donn), and one landed at Sunset Point 11/21 (Jerry McWilliams, Sam Stull). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2015-2016 | Dec-Feb | Erie | one or 2 at Gull Point 12/4-11 (Roger Donn, Ruth Swaney). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2016 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one near Sunset Point 11/6 (Steve Denninger)and 2 flew past Sunset Point 11/20 (Aidan Place, Sameer Apte). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2016-2017 | Dec-Feb | Erie | One at Presque Isle 12/4 (Richard Nugent). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one at Sunset Point 11/13 appeared to flyoff north toward Canada (Jerry McWilliams, Roger Donn) and another passed Sunset Point 11/22 (Jerry McWilliams). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2017 | Mar-May | Bucks | one at Nockamixon SP 5/30 (Ken Rieker), second county record. |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2019 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one or 2 at Gull Point 11/24-25 (Justin Berkheimer, Jennifer Ferrick) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2019-2020 | Dec-Feb | Erie | one at Gull Point 12/1 (Roger Donn) and 12/6 (Justin Berkheimer), and one 2/29 (Brian Berchtold). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2020 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one on the breakwaters at Sunset Point 11/1 (Robert Scribner), one flew past Sunset Point 11/14 (Jerry McWilliams), and 2 at Sunset Point 11/27 (Jerry McWilliams). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2020-2021 | Dec-Feb | Erie | one at Sunset Point 12/1 (Jerry McWilliams), one at Gull Point 12/6 (Justin Berkheimer) (doc submitted). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2021 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one flew past Sunset Point 11/14 (Steven Schmit, Sara Busch). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2021-2022 | Dec-Feb | Erie | one seen on Erie CBC 12/18 (Kendall Zook). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2022 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one at Presque Isle SP 10/29 (Kenneth Rieker) and 11/5 (Noah Butas) |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2022-2023 | Dec-Feb | Erie | up to three at Presque Isle throughout period (m.ob.), a first record of over-wintering. |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2023 | Mar-May | Erie | continued from the winter up to 5/9 (m.ob.). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2023 | Aug-Nov | Erie | three at the breakwaters at Presque Isle State Park 11/11-17 (Jason Bojczyk et al.) and one at Gull Point 11/29 (Roger Donn). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2023-2024 | Nov-Feb | Erie | several overwintered, with a high count of four at Gull Point 1/28 (Doug Massey). |
| Purple Sandpiper | 2024 | Mar-May | Erie | up to five birds at Presque Isle State Park 3/9-4/24 (Jason Bojczyk, m.ob.), PORC exempt in Erie County. |