Dick Porter and I birded the beaches of northern Whatcom County today and sighted the following, along with the usuals:

Birch Bay:
Harlequins - 2
Mew Gulls - 6

Semiahmoo:
Sanderling - 1
Common Terns - 3 (on breakwater)
Greater Scaup - 1 Common Goldeneye - 1
Junction of Drayton Harbor Road & Harborview Road:
Bonaparte's Gulls - 2 in breeding plumage on beach
Least Sandpipers - 3
Western Sandpipers - 20

Blaine:
Whimbrel - 1
Marbled Godwit - 1
Dowitcher sp. - 4
Western Sandpiper - 200+ Common Goldeneye - 1
Joan Bird
Bellingham, WA