[SBB] Least Terns and Whimbrel

This morning Frank Vanslager and I had a high count of 113 small Terns perched on the boardwalk in Salt Pond A2E (no attempt was made to try to count the many additional smaller Terns flying over the pond, over Salt Pond B1 or over Crittenden Marsh). We assume that these smaller Terns are most if not all LEAST TERNS (a few close-in birds were clearly ID'd as LETE) but distances and lighting conditions prevented us from aging the LETE or determining if there might be any Black Terns in the group. I should note that Frank had called me on Tuesday morning (7/4) informing me that there were many Least Terns in Salt Pond A2E. I should also note that there were no smaller Terns noted by Frank in this Salt Pond six days ago! We had previously decided that since we had a "Poopy Falling Tide" (a highly technical term normally abbreviated "PFT") that we would also check the mouth of Stevens Creek for "Goodies." Despite the fact that we had a "PFT" we were able to add WHIMBREL (2 there) to our county year lists and four juvenile BROWN PELICANS flying in the area had somehow previously escaped our county lists. The most exciting find among the WILLETT was a very light gray Godwit of the same general coloring as the nearby Willetts. I know it's the wrong time of the year but hopes were high! Unfortunately the markings seemed to be the same as those of a normally colored MARBLED GODWIT nearby. Do we often see light gray Marbled Godwits?.