{"id":1723,"date":"2021-09-07T07:54:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2023-08-24T11:57:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:57:45","slug":"monday-september-6-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/monday-september-6-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, September 6, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temp in the 50s, rain most of the day until after 4 pm, wind light and variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day started out slow but ended with a bang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rain was generally light, but enough to be a nuisance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tennessee group went out on a boat today looking for auklets, but came up empty-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I added some common birds to my trip list — Ancient Murrelet, Common Loon, Rock Ptarmigan, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Seawall, a Short-tailed Shearwater was flying around relatively close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short-tailed Shearwater, Seawall, , September 6, 2021. You can see how it got its name…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last night, the Tennessee group told me they had two Wood Sandpipers at Lake Shirley. This morning, I found them in the small pond next to the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wood Sandpiper, near Lake Shirley, September 6, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wood Sandpipers, near Lake Shirley, September 6, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t see many other new birds, so I quit early and had dinner. The rain finally stopped and the sun broke through, so I decided to take a “quick” run up to Clam Lagoon to see if the rain had prompted any new birds to plop down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the south side, I saw the Sanderlings were back out in the middle of the flats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I moved up to the peninsula parking spot and now saw that they had moved farther towards the east side of the lagoon. But, more importantly, they were now joined by a small brown shorebird. It was way too far, and the heat waves to much to identify it from where I was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had been in touch with the Tennessee group a few minutes earlier. They were on the eastern side of the lagoon, so I alerted them to the bird and then started “racing” around the lagoon to join them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I got to them, they had the bird in their scopes, but it was still too far away — and now backlit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We walked out onto the flats to get as close as we could, but the lighting was terrible. We all took what photos we could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point, I ventured closer, keeping my eyes on the flock. Once I stopped, I looked around and not 20 feet from me were two Ruddy Turnstones! Tunnel vision…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruddy Turnstones, Clam Lagoon, September 6, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, we decided it was a stint. Studied the bird in the scopes and field guides. I was leaning Red-necked, but knew it would take looking at the photos to be sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The birds eventually flew — the sun was setting — so I took the others up to the Breaches where I believe Sanderlings like to roost. No luck there, but had a half-dozen or so more Ruddy Turnstones. Also, as we pulled up to the Breaches, a flock of Cackling Geese flew over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aleutian Cackling Geese, Adak, September 6, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I got back to the house and reviewed the photos I became very confident that it was a Little Stint! However, after communicating with Isaac, he feels it might be a Red-necked! Here are my photos. See tomorrow’s blog for a followup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red-necked Stint (with Sanderlings), Clam Lagoon, September 6, 2021
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Red-necked Stint (with Sanderlings), Clam Lagoon, September 6, 2021
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Red-necked Stint (with Sanderlings), Clam Lagoon, September 6, 2021
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Red-necked Stint (with Sanderlings), Clam Lagoon, September 6, 2021
This caption was updated on 9\/9\/21 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not a bad way to end a long day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PS: The Tennessee group also had a Pacific Golden-Plover today and the(a) Common Redpoll at the Elfin Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunset on Adak, September 6, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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