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<\/a>Northern Pintails, near Sweeper Cove, Sept 14, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n
We found our first shorebird of the trip, a Pectoral Sandpiper, at Contractor’s Camp Marsh.<\/p>\n
There were no shorebirds on the Clam Lagoon flats and none out on the peninsula. I will be walking the Clam Lagoon marsh edge tomorrow.<\/p>\n
We added the usual suspects to the trip list — puffins, murrelets, murres, cormorants, etc., plus a late Parasitic Jaeger and a pair of Black Scoters.<\/p>\n
At the Seawall, a lot of Black-legged Kittiwakes were hanging out, with one particularly perturbed at the Glaucous-winged Gull invading its space!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Black-legged Kittiwake with Glaucous-winged Gulls, Seawall, Sept 14, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n
And others just hanging out.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Black-legged Kittiwakes, Seawall, Sept 14, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n
We couldn’t find any new birds at Warbler Willows today, but conditions were less than ideal.<\/p>\n
There is a fishing ship in Kuluk Bay, but it appears to be idle, as even the gulls are ignoring it. And no fishing boats were in the docks at the fish-processing plant. So no new gulls for now.<\/p>\n
The next few days’ forecast is for westerly winds — ideal for vagrants.<\/p>\n
We will be looking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rain, rain, rain… Temp in the 50s, rain in the morning becoming drizzle by mid-afternoon, wind SE 20-40 mph. The power outage last night lasted until 12:30 am and many houses still don’t have power today. The phone system also … Continue reading