Hi Blair,
I concur with Bill. Definitely a Wilson's Snipe and the last grebe shot is definitely a Western, however, the first few pictures of grebes are confusing. If I had seen it where Clark's are common, I would have called it a Clark's without another thought, but looking closely the black is certainly above the eye, but not as far above as it should be for a Clark's. So, I would like to see what other Tweeters have to say about it. Are Clark's ever seen in that area? If so, I'd feel more comfortable calling it a Clark's.
Hope this helps, and doesn't just make things more confusing!

Ashley
Monroe, WA
SMashley_138 AT yahoo.com

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Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:47:55 -0700
From: Blair Bernson <blair at washingtonadvisorygroup.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Ilwaco Yellow Billed Loon and Two ID Questions
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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I will write at more length later, but just
returned from a very fun trip to Ilwaco and other
points along the way. SPECTACULAR weather!!! And
immediate success finding and photographing the
Yellow Billed Loon at the Ilwaco Marina. I got
there at 8:00 a.m. (left very early - more on that
in later post) and found the bird just off the
westernmost dock in the marina. I had been
worried since the tide was very low - but
obviously not an issue. And the light was
PERFECT. Later the bird moved to other areas of
the marina but was relocated fairly easily.

I would welcome some ID help on two birds: one is
a grebe (found at Black's Lake in Ilwaco) and the
other is a shorebird found at the Ilwaco Marina.
Pictures of both (with another contrasting grebe)
are found at
https://picasaweb.google.com/103072475474183849815/Ilwaco4712?authkey=Gv1sRgCPW-wcCiu-PePA#
Your input and analysis will be greatly
appreciated. Thank you. More later...
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