>From Russell Rogers, rrogers at halcyon.com

On Friday, August 19th, I found an adult breeding plumaged Bar-tailed
Godwit at the Game Range at Ocean Shores. It was seen at low tide feeding
with dowicthers and Black-bellied Plovers. I would guess that it was
probably a male because it seemed so small in comparison to the
dowicthers and because it seemed to have a very short bill. The bird was
seen at around 10:30. It looked very much like the photo of the
Bar-tailed Godwit in Dennis's book. Very bright orange breast. The tail
in flight was darkish, making it belong to the _baueri_ subspecies.

I had Dennis's book in hand while we looked at the bird, and could go over
every detail of plumage and rule out all other possible species. So, hats
of to Dennis!