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<\/a>Herring “Vega” Gull, Sweeper Cove Breakwall, Sept 26, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Herring “Vega” Gull, Sweeper Cove Breakwall, Sept 26, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
Up at the Airport Creek Bridge we found a Slaty-backed Gull.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Slaty-backed Gull, Airport Creek Bridge, Sept 26, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Slaty-backed Gull, Airport Creek Bridge, Sept 26, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Slaty-backed Gull, Airport Creek Bridge, Sept 26, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
Jon, Jim, and I walked Clam Lagoon again this morning and found about the same as two days ago.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Clam Lagoon, Sept 26, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
But the excitement of the day was at Lake Shirley, where we found a Redhead — second record for Adak. It was all the way across and in very poor light, but I got some very poor photos.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Redhead (second from right — in back), Lake Shirley, Sept 26, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
We hope it will hang around and give me a better photo-op.<\/p>\n
We had 25 Sanderlings on the lagoon and the flock of 25 Cackling Geese is still hanging around.<\/p>\n
Only one Ruddy Turnstone and no Rock Sandpipers today (although Jon and Jim had 4 turnstones).<\/p>\n
Jon and Jim left today, so we are birding alone for the next ten days.<\/p>\n
The trip list is 43 and the years list is 87.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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