Temp in the 40s, mostly cloudy, a few sprinkles in the morning, mostly sunny in the PM,, winds WSW 5-15 mph

The birds just keep coming…

After having an issue with my car, we drove a pickup truck most of the morning.

I decided to take Don up to White Alice (the mountain top where the cell phone towers are) so he could see the view.

By the way, this is both a birding trip and a trip down memory lane for Don as he lived on Adak when he was 6 to 7 years old!

No sooner had we exited the truck up on White Alice than I received a call from Michelle that the Siberian Sand Plover was being seen again in Contractor’s Marsh!

We raced down the hill and arrived at the marsh where Michelle’s group and Sam had the bird tied down for me…

This was my second Spring record of this species and a lifer for Don.

We went back to the house to switch vehicles again and when we stopped at the Airport Creek outflow, we found a flock of Rock Sandpipers accompanied by a Red-necked Stint.

We called the other groups that we could reach and, once some got there, we went on our way.

The Dunlin that I failed to get last night was reported in the same location today, so I was determined to get it for the trip list.

Again, no sooner had we arrived at the location (the East Side Flats of Clam Lagoon), than we got another call from Michelle that there were two (TWO!!!) Far Eastern Curlews on Navfac Beach!

So we “raced” around the lagoon and got down there.

The birds were still there.

These were my 4th sighting on Adak (2005, 2016, 2017). Two were on the Clam Lagoon Flats and one was on Navfac Beach (like these two). All of my previous sightings were single birds and all were during the last week of May (24, 26, 27, 29) The 26-27 was the same bird.

This was one of Sam’s target species, so he was elated!

A Whimbrel has also been seen a few times, but we haven’t caught up to it yet.

Tomorrow is supposed to be practically windless, so good conditions for finding passerines.

One birder leaves tomorrow and three arrive.

The Trip List is 61.

The Trip Report can be viewed at https://ebird.org/tripreport/243576