To second what Guy said and elaborate a little:
The field / pond the Wood Sandpiper was in today can be reached from
the west side via a long walk from West 90 -- I wish I could provide
more precise directions, but here are some suggestions -- start by
getting oriented at the Bayview-Edison Rd. pullout --from that side
of the water [the east side] try to note some landmarks, bright
flowering bushes, whatever. Then head up to West 90 and walk in on
the main southward leading path. After a couple hundred yards, you'll
want to break off to the east on a pretty faint path. I think
landmarks would be : just pass a big massive blackberry stand, but a
little before a pretty large cat-tail area.

I'd say it was a 30 minute walk or so, allowing some time to get off
track. Eventually though, you can end up right at the edge of the
water, behind the property line fence.

This afternoon, I was able to find my way thanks to the pioneering
group who had already found this route and were visible. I spent from
about 2:30 - 5:15 out at the pond's edge - at first the Wood
Sandpiper was resting on the far [east] edge of the pond , but after
about 20 minutes it woke up and flew in, nearly to our feet. We
watched it it hanging out within a hundred feet for the next couple
hours - during that time it performed well, preening, feeding,
occasionally making short flights. For one stretch of 30 minutes or
so it hid in some taller grass and completely disappeared from view -
eventually reappearing even closer to us than we had thought.

Overall, if you are game for a bit of a hike [w/ vague directions],
and except in the morning when the light might be wrong, I'd say the
west-90 approach is very promising for viewing.

Good birding!

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA

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>Wood sandpiper still present. Best observed from the west side in
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