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During a short lunch break I was scoping in a Horned Grebe swimming near some ocean front rocks when a some moving objects began distorting my view. I adjusted the the lens and low and behold eight Purple Sandpipers were moving around on the rocks.
I had never seen Purples that close and near such calm water.