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Observation details

Nice find by Molly Sultany! We spent the majority of the day searching for the bird around Fort Stevens without luck until we decided to check out Area D again for the heck of it. Dave and I walked out onto the mudflats as the sun started to go down. Just as we were getting ready to accept that the long drive, lost work hours, and cold, wet, sandy feet were all for naught, Dave spotted the bird. At first it foraged further out with many of the similar sized BBPL but started picking its way closer to us, giving us a show of it foraging and preening in golden hour light. Very clear looks at the bold white supercilium and bicolored bill. Earlier photos from others, and some views of the bird stretching its wings showed the mostly black underwing, ruling out the more rare option of Black-tailed Godwit