Remsen, J.V 1977 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Oct. 16 Castroville, Monterey Co., Calif.: 1 at a grassy pond 1 mile N of Hwy 156 on Castroville Bld where found yesterday afternoon by L.C. Binford and J. Parmeter. Size and shape of Pectoral (short bill, small head on chunky body); crown rusty-red contrasting strongly with a very broad, white eyestripe; cheeks and throat also white, contrasting with buffy neck and chest; a few streaks on sides of breast but basically lacked streaks on breast; belly white; back rich brown with buffy feather edgings, two converging whitish stripes parallel to body axis, and orange-buff edgings in primaries; wading too deep to note leg color. We had a brief look at - 0720 in the fog before the boat trip and then watched it again from 1630-1715. During the PM observation we approached it to within 100 ft. and studied it for 10 minutes through telescopes! We still were in perfect afternoon sunlight not close enough to see whether or not there was a narrow neck band of fine streaks characteristic of this plumage, the most outstanding features were the rusty-red cap contrasting with the very white eyebrow, cheek, and throat. The bird spent most of its time feeding around the grassy-weedy edges of the pond, largely within the inundated vegetation. It did not associate with other species, and there were no Pectoral Sandpipers present.