Temps in the 40s, overcast until late afternoon, on and off showers most of the day, Wind NNW 10-15 mph

The Hawfinches continue to visit my feeder.

Down at Finger Bay this morning, we re-found the Red-necked Grebe and later on found another at the Palisades Overlook. They have been very hard to find this trip.

Coming back from Finger Bay, we had a flock of six Common Ravens at the Marina. They are also hard to find this year.

On the way around Sweeper Cove, Jon called to say they had a Long-tailed Jaeger fly over at the Airport Ponds. Of course, by the time we got over there, the bird was long gone, but we drove up towards the direction it was last seen to no avail.

However, we did see the Gyrfalcon along the way.

Back down at the Airport Creek Bridge, we saw one of the Dunlins that were hanging out with the Rock Sandpiper flock. It was rainy and windy and distant, so no photos.

On the East Side of Clam Lagoon, Jon spotted a Black-legged Kittiwake, which we then saw.

As we were talking with Jon and Jim down at Candlestick Bridge, I spotted a Vega Gull. Dave and I walked out the beach to try to get close enough for photos, but the bird eluded us. It was probably the same bird that Sam had yesterday.

We heard that there were some Redpolls and Hawfinches over at the Andrew Lake Recreation Center, so we headed over there. Before we got out of the car, we saw three mergansers — two Red-breasted and a Common (female). Probably the same one I had on the other side of the lake a few days ago.

As we walked over towards the area where the Redpolls had been seen, the Hawfinches flushed from the spruce trees. We walked over towards the beach and a flock of Bramblings flew out.

They circled around and came back to the beach. The original flock had one bright male an three females/immature males. The bright male did not return with the others.

No redpolls…

We went back and had dinner and then went back out.

At the Airport Ponds, we saw a Short-eared Owl hunting over the runway and nearby grasses.

Down at Wood Sandpiper Drive, we found a Pectoral Sandpiper. These are common in the fall, not so much in the spring.

The Trip List is 70. Ebird says one less because they think Green-winged Teal and Common Teal are the same species (I don’t!).

Today’s List can be seen at https://ebird.org/checklist/S243320593

The Total Trip List can be seen at https://ebird.org/tripreport/372779