Temps in the 40s, overcast, rain on and off all day, Winds W 10-20 mph

We had two Hawfinches at my feeder this morning! And one over by the Seal Drive feeder a little after.

We also had the Bramblings at the Kuluk Drive feeder today.

There have not been many puffins this year (at least that I have seen), so this one in Sweeper Cove was nice.

The number of Rock Ptarmigans exploded from recent years. I am seeing over a hundred in a day! There have been a number of years when it took two or three days before I would see even one!

When we got to the east side of Clam Lagoon, we heard from the guys that there were two Red-necked Stints out on the peninsula.

Luckily, they stayed until we came back around and were very cooperative.

This one was shaking the rain off its head!

The rain abated and the wind lessened after dinner, so I decided to try again for the Canvasback.

We hiked out the Sweeper dike past where Jon and Jim had seen the bird, found the flock of waterfowl, but no Canvasback.

And the rain started back up while we were all the way out there!

Oh well…

The Trip List is 66. 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/S242789076

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