Spotted several sandpipers at the Edmonds Marsh today, but having trouble pin-pointing the exact species. They look like spotted or solitary sandpipers to me. I?ve ruled out Dunlin?s (these are bigger) and any of the yellow-legs (the ones at the marsh have plumper bodies and shorter legs). Can anyone confirm the species? They are a little bigger than the killdeers, are white below and grey/brown above. They have a dark bill that looks longer than their heads, they have short necks and plump bodies, they probe the mudflats and the water.

Also saw a Murrelet from the Edmonds pier today. It?s likely a marbled, but the beak looks longer and has a black eyeline off the back of the eye.

I will be posting picks on my Flickr page later today.

Other sightings:

Marsh:
10 ? Great Blue Herons
20 ? Canadian Geese fly-over
7 ? Gadwall
50 ? Mallard fly-over
2 ? Northern Shoveler
2 ? Green winged Teal
2 ? Killdeer
6 ? Sandpiper ? species?
2 ? Gulls
6 ? American/NW crows

Waterfront:
11 ? cormorants
120 ? Gulls - Gathered on the rock break at the marina entrance
1 ? Murrelet
5 ? Western Grebes
2 ? Hermann?s Gulls
30 ? surf scooters near the ferry dock