We spent two hours at West End this morning, scoping Jones Inlet and the sandbar at the West End Marina. Among a flock of some eight hundred Dunlin were two basic plumaged Western Sandpipers. On the lawn between the bathrooms and the gazebo an American Pipit put in a brief appearance. Birds in the Inlet included a single Red-necked Grebe, a Razorbill, three Harlequin Ducks, and five Common Eider. The number of Bonaparte's Gulls seemed lower than in recent days, as did the number of loons.
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