This morning I arrived at Jensen Access (Fir Island, Skagit County) a couple hours before high tide. I saw no Sharp-tailed Sandpipers during a 3 hour visit. What I did find follows:

SB Dowitcher - 6 juvs (no LB Dows)
Dunlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Black-bellied Plover
Red Knot - 1 juv
American Golden-Plover - 4 http://www.pbase.com/marvbreece/image/118114735
Marbled Godwit - 1
Western Sandpiper - 2
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Northern Shrike - 1 http://www.pbase.com/marvbreece/image/118114742; http://www.pbase.com/marvbreece/image/118114749

Later, I visited Thomas Pond (Auburn, King County):

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - 2 http://www.pbase.com/marvbreece/image/118114758; http://www.pbase.com/marvbreece/image/118114762
Pectoral Sandpiper - 4
Long-billed Dowitcher - 7
Wilson's Snipe - 5 or more
Brewer's Blackbird - large flock (1 female with a "white mask") http://www.pbase.com/marvbreece/image/118114754

Marv Breece
Seattle, WA
mbreece at earthlink.net