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<\/a>Pacific Golden-Plover, Contractors’ Camp Marsh, May 23, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
At Clam Lagoon, the murrelets are all paired up. But they are difficult to get close to. This is about the best I can get.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Marbled Murrelet, Clam Lagoon, May 23, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
At Lake Shirley, the Tufted Duck is still present, but the Gadwall is not.<\/p>\n
That was about all we had to report today, but then Jon Boone and Jim Deforge arrived on today’s flight, stowed their gear, and went out birding.<\/p>\n
I was about to start tonight’s blog, when I got a call from Jim informing us that hey had two Hawfinches at the feeder at Adak National Forest!<\/p>\n
Good thing I filled that feeder this afternoon!<\/p>\n
We quickly headed up there and saw them. Here are two photos of the male and one of the female.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Hawfinch (female and wet!), Adak National Forest, May 23, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Hawfinch (male), Adak National Forest, May 23, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Hawfinch (male), Adak National Forest, May 23, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
Gary Lyon arrived tonight as well, and he and his group also got the Hawfinches. It looks like they won’t be sailing to Attu until Friday at the earliest.<\/p>\n
We just new the past day-and-a-half’s winds had brought in something. We just had to find them.<\/p>\n
The westerlies continue. We hope to find more goodies tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The trip list is 60.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The westerlies are paying off! Temp in the 40s, mostly cloudy off-and-on rain, Wind SW 15-30 mph The day started off wet and windy, with no new birds. Up at the plover hotspot, the number of Pacific Golden-Plovers was up … Continue reading