Mostly cloudy, temp in the 40s, wind light SSW

First, my travel travails…

I arrived at the Philly airport in plenty of time, boarded the plane and we taxied out.

We came to a stop and, after several minutes, were informed by the pilot that there was a light on that needed maintenance’s attention.

We sat there for another 15-20 minutes while that got resolved.

As we were about to get going again, we were informed that the whole airport was being shut down due to a line of thunderstorms.

Three hours later (!!) we headed to Chicago.

Of course we arrived an hour or so after my flight to Anchorage had left.

However, by the time I got there, United had already rebooked me on the next flight to Anchorage (Yay!).

However, that flight was also delayed. Irony of ironies, the plane that was coming in to fly to Anchorage was another delayed flight from Philly!

It finally arrived, I got to Anchorage (8:30 PM), and flew to Adak today.

Getting in so late on Friday, I was too tired to go out birding.

I did do a little birding this morning, getting a nice Barrow’s Goldeneye at Lake Spenard.

The flight to Adak was uneventful.

I went about assembling and erecting my feeders and did a little birding along the way.

Birds of note included a Tufted Duck on Lake Shirley along with a male Barrow’s Goldeneye. I have seen Barrow’s out here before, but always females. So it was nice to finally get a male here.

Unfortunately, the waterfowl on Lake Shirley flew away before I could get better close-ups.

Mount Sitkin has been spewing gas for several years now and today was no exception.

I’m not sure if this new sign at the Anchorage airport was directed at Robert F. Kennedy, jr,…

There are lot of Rock Ptarmigans here this spring (numbers can vary wildly from year to year.)

A lot of birders arrived today (at least a dozen or so) and there was already a group of three that arrived this past Wednesday. So a lot of eyes and ears.

My trip list is 23 and viewable at https://ebird.org/checklist/S239508548