{"id":1705,"date":"2021-09-06T06:15:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2023-08-24T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:58:05","slug":"sunday-september-5-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/sunday-september-5-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, September 5, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temp 60!!, mostly cloudy, Wind SW 5-10 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I’m finally here. And its downright tropical. 60 degrees!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrived close to on-time. Unpacked, made a sandwich and went birding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Palisades, there were a half-dozen Short-tailed Shearwaters sitting and flying around the bay. Too far for photos. There were also three Parasitic Jaegers — of interest only because two of them were light morphs. 99% of jaegers up here are dark morph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I was driving by the East Side Ponds, a flock of a dozen Rock Sandpipers flew in and started bathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rock Sandpipers bathing, East Side Ponds, Sept 5, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rock Sandpipers bathing, East Side Ponds, Sept 5, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rock Sandpipers bathing, East Side Ponds, Sept 5, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There were both Red-necked and Horned Grebes at the Seawall. No loons. The usual alcids, puffins, guillemots, murres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Lake Shirley, there were 63 Eurasian Wigeon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Candlestick Bridge, the shearwaters were closer (but not close). I took some photos anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short-tailed Shearwaters, near Candlestick Bridge, Sept 5, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Short-tailed Shearwaters, near Candlestick Bridge, Sept 5, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As I was driving back up the east side of the lagoon, the other group was on the flats and alerted me to a flock of 30 Sanderlings out in the middle. They weren’t there when I scoped that area earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time I got back around to the west shore, the other group had flushed a Ruff along the marsh edge. I walked out and joined them and got a so-so photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruff, Clam Lagoon, Sept 5, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The other group (Lizzie, Cally, Kevin, and John) are from Tennessee. They had not been in touch with me, so I didn’t know they were coming until I ran into them at the Anchorage airport. Nice to have some extra eyes and ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my way up to Clam, I stopped at the National forest. Two birds flew out as I pulled up. One was a Song Sparrow which circled and returned. The other (smaller) bird disappeared. I stayed there for about 15 minutes (eating a late lunch), but did not see the other bird return. Later, the Tennessee group reported a Common Redpoll there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So not a terrible start to the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoping for more tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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