Hi Tweets, just returned from the Fill to look for the Ruff, but no luck.
In fact no shorebirds at all (makes ID easy!). I did see a Lincoln's
Sparrow in the trees on the south side of the wooded pond (southwest of
central pond), this might be an early date for that species. I also tried
down at Kent, thinking that might possibly be a fun spot for another Ruff,
but the ponds are now 99% dried up. Three Killdeer there were happy about
that.

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html