Saturday, October 5, 2024

Temps in the 40s-50s, partly sunny, wind WNW 15-30 mph

Weather, October 5, 2024

Only added Emperor Goose to the trip list.

The jaeger was indeterminate, so just a Jaeger, sp.

The winds were still strong. If only I had a few more days for the wind to calm down to make looking for passerines easier…

In summary, it was a great trip!

I’m still getting lifers on Adak after all these years and in spite of the law of diminishing returns!

Highlights:

Two lifers (and therefore 2 Adak List birds): Song Thrush and Mottled Petrel

One semi-Adak Bird: Male Ring-necked Duck.

The tubenose show in Kuluk Bay.

Birds seen by others on the island while I was there, but that I did not see.

Short-eared Owl
Pomarine Jaeger
Short-tailed Albatross
Lesser Scaup
Bewick‛s Swan
Ruddy Turnstone
Common Snipe

Lowlights

Missing the Short-tailed Albatross

Species usually seen this time of year, but were missing:

Ancient Murrelet and Horned Puffin. I have never missed a Horned Puffin on ANY trip to Adak! I have missed Ancient Murrelet on a few trips.

The Trip List was 65. A new high for Fall. Previous high was 63 in 2014.

The Year’s List was 93 (one shy of 2017).

Today’s eBird List can be seen at https://ebird.org/checklist/S197805132

The Trip List can be seen at: https://ebird.org/tripreport/277586

I’ll be back in May 2025.