Temps in the 40s, Mostly cloudy, Wind NNE 5-15 mph

No last-minute surprises.

But what a great trip!

I ended up with 88 species. My best spring trip ever. My biggest year list on Adak was 94 in 2017, so I only need 7 year birds this fall to beat that.

I got five-and-a-half lifers.

Lifers:
Falcated Duck
Great Knot
Fieldfare
Common Gull
Eurasian Hobby

Semi-lifer:
Common Tern (subspecies longipenis)

Life list now 739.

Adak list now 176.

I’ve been coming out here since 2005, and to get 5 lifers is just ridiculous…
The last time I had that many was in 2007, when I got 7.

Not only were there a lot of Asian strays, many of them were not just singles. Bramblings, Hawfinches, Wood Sandpipers, Red-necked Stints, Temminck’s Stints, Common Greenshanks, Tundra Bean Geese, Tufted Ducks, Siberian Sand-Plovers, Eurasian Whimbrels, Terek Sandpipers, Common Gulls (one seen after I left), Black-headed Gulls, Great Egrets (Asian subspecies?) all had more than one individual.

Other Asian strays (singles) included Garganey, Falcated Duck, Great Knot, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Hobby, and Fieldfare.

I also saw 2 auklets (Crested and Parakeet), which is rare from land.

It was a wonderful trip with a lot of birders (many whom I have gotten to know on Adak).

My fall trip this year will be from September 23 to October 7.

NOTE: I saw a Cackling Goose with a neck collar. I sent the info to the Birdbanding Lab and am waiting for the results. When I get the info, I will add it to this post. So check back in a few weeks.