On 29 August 1988 we, along with Douglas R. Willick and Kurt Radamaker, identified a juvenile Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) at the sewage ponds in Salinas, Monterey County, California. At about 1230 PDT, Daniels noticed an unfamiliar small Calidris sandpiper sitting at the edge of one of the large rock-lined sewage ponds with some Least (C. minutilla) and Western Sandpipers (C. mauri); he and Willick watched it for about 20 minutes before Patten and Radamaker arrived. The weather was clear and mild with a slight breeze, so observation conditions were excellent. We studied the bird through binoculars and telescopes for the remainder of the afternoon at distances as close as 20 feet.