Western Sandpiper and Dunlin.
A pair of Western Sandpipers stand with a Dunlin along the shore at a place called Bottle Beach along Grays Harbor in Washington. Natalie and I took photos of these birds and flocks of hundreds of their friends as the spring shorebird migration is underway along the Pacific coast...
This shot was taken with my Nikon CoolPix 950, shooting through our Swift spotting scope for the close-up view. Copyright 2002, Rob McNair-Huff [Mac Net Journal]
I had to dive into the Peterson Field Guild to Western Birds to pick out the Dunlin. I am really poor at identifying small to medium sized shorebirds.
Michele and I drove through the San Luis Wildlife Refuge today. I would have liked spent a little time poking about, but we were in a hurry and I was driving to fast to look for birds. Birding at 65-70 is not for the faint of heart. (BTW, Rob that's a really nice picture, when is your book coming out?)
11:16:14 PM 
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