At approximately 16:00 on 4 September 1973 Cheryl and Norman Lavers and I were observing seabirds at the north jetty of Grays Harbor at Point Brown, Grays Harbor County, Washington. My attention was drawn to a shorebird crossing the periphery of my vision, flying behind and away from us, one or two meters above the beach. In flight it appeared brownish with a whitish area on the upper tail or rump. On alighting it immediately began foraging on the open upper beach, probing into deep, loose, dry sand which contained partially buried seaweed and beach litter.