With all of the negativity in the world these days, I tell non-birding friends that birding is a great escape/distraction.  After the horrors of El Paso and Dayton (and Washington, D.C.), I really needed to get away today.  I was in line for the 7:30 Mukilteo Ferry and when I went to turn on the engine to start boarding, the electrical system was working but somehow the car was locked into Park and I could not get it started or moving.  With the cooperation of many of the Washington State Ferry personnel, all other vehicles got around me and boarded.  I won't go into all the details, but the car remained frozen for 40 minutes; a tow truck was called; and ferry personnel were super nice and supportive.
Miraculously just as the 8:30 ferry was boarding, my car became operable and I decided to risk it and board.  It rebelled for a moment but fortunately started again as it was time to disembark.  I made no coffee or bathroom stops along the way and made it to Crockett Lake around 9:30.  I figured one way or the other there would be a story to retell.  Since the Hudsonian Godwit was not reported yesterday and I had seen one earlier in Sequim, I just wanted to see what was around hopefully including a FOY Baird's Sandpiper.   There were hundreds of birds at the Lake - mostly peeps but as reported earlier a mix of others and I found at least one Baird's Sandpiper - probably two although I am not sure if the second was the same as the first just moved several hundred yards away.  
I saw no Godwits but the larger shorebirds were very distant so I walked out through the Salicornia om a rough "path" starting from the 50 MPH sign towards the East end of the lake.  Then I saw a single large shorebird that turned out to be the Hudsonian Godwit.  It foraged alone in roughly the same spot (sort of a channel) for more than 45 minutes and was still there when I left around 11:00.  Peeps - mostly Least Sandpipers came and went and were at times right next to it.  They were completely ignored.
And my car started again and I made it home - with two good stories - the Godwit and the working vehicle.  Actually 3 as the ferry people really were terrific - lots of good people out there when we are open to them.
A photo is at 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/127293169 at N07/48466717526/
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