Temp in the 50s, overcast, rain, Wind East 20-25 mph

The trip from home to here was interesting…

Yesterday’s flight form Philadelphia to Seattle was uneventful until we landed. We arrived about 25 minutes early, but then sat on the tarmac for an hour because the gate was occupied! And then, when we finally got to the gate, there was no JetWay driver!. So we had to wait another 10 minutes…

Good thing I had chosen a two-hour layover instead of the one-hour option.

Then today, as we approached Adak, we circled around to land from the west (there were east winds), but the visibility was so bad, the pilot aborted the landing.

We circled around and made another approach from the east this time and landed successfully.. On top of that, the flight had left about 20 minutes late and was fighting headwinds all the way, so we ended up arriving about 45 minutes late.

This morning, before the flights, I drove up to Arctic Valley. I had no unusual birds, but a Black Bear was waddling up the road in front of me.

Up at the top, a Magpie posed nicely.

Then, on the way down, a Spruce Grouse stood in the middle of the road.

I was met by Tim and Andy at the Anchorage Airport. They will be on Adak until the 28th.

As mentioned above, we arrived late on Adak and the weather was not very cooperative. So we made a mad dash around some of the hotspots, but did not find anything of note.

The weather is expected to improve tomorrow, so we should have better results.

Also, I chose not to stand out in the rain to assemble my bird feeders, so they will be erected t (and stocked) tomorrow.

16 species today. https://ebird.org/checklist/S196018866