Monday, September 29, 2025

Temps in the 60s!, mostly sunny!, Wind light and variable, changing to W 15-20 later in the day

Weather, September 29, 2025

Another beautiful sunrise.

Sunrise, September 29, 2025

We walked the marsh edge at Clam Lagoon this morning, but the only new bird was a Common Snipe.

Shortly after I left the girls, they had a flock of 11 Pacific Golden-Plovers fly over.

I had 4 Pacific and 1 Common loon today. And a flock of 60 Cackling Geese. Birds are moving…

We did not see the Tufted Duck today, but sunny days like this make for terrible lighting on Lake Shirley, and many of the ducks there were ensconced in the reeds.

I had another Gyrfalcon on the Seawall.

Gyrfalcon, Seawall, September 29, 2025

The lava dome on Mount Sitkin keep growing. Here are two photos showing the difference in the last few years.

Mount Sitkin, June 2, 2022
Mount Sitkin, September 29, 2025
Lava dome growth since 2022

The trip list is 57.

Today’s list can be viewed at https://ebird.org/checklist/S276403468

The Trip Report can be viewed at https://ebird.org/tripreport/413629?welcome=true