{"id":2025,"date":"2022-09-23T00:44:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T04:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2023-08-24T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:48:56","slug":"thursday-september-22-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/thursday-september-22-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, September 22, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temp in the 50s, mostly sunny, Wind W 10-20 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I drove around and filled all of the feeders in and near town before sunrise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I was driving back, I saw a small gull down on South Kuluk Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where I found a Short-billed Gull back in May 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this bird was a juvenile and I am not familiar with differentiating between Common and Short-billed gulls in this plumage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took a bunch of photos and in the afternoon posted them to the IDFrontiers listserve for advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consensus is it is a Short-billed (the North American version of what used to be called Mew Gull). So it was not an Asian stray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s interesting, as the last one I had also followed several days of strong westerly winds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go figure…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short-billed Gull, South Kuluk Beach, Sept 22, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Short-billed Gull behind Glaucous-winged Gull, South Kuluk Beach, Sept 22, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Short-billed Gull, South Kuluk Beach, Sept 22, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Short-billed Gull, South Kuluk Beach, Sept 22, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here is the mandatory Bald Eagle pic for the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bald Eagle, Adak, Sept 22, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Up at the Seawall, a couple of Pacific Wrens put on a show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two curious Pacific Wrens, Seawall, Sept 22, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They are really common this time of year, what with all of the young out and about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had 11 Ruddy Turnstones on Clam Lagoon and 20 Rock Sandpipers at Sweeper Channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more exciting news played out in the afternoon, when Aaron’s group was watching a Gyrfalcon (which I later saw) and a Rough-legged Hawk flew in, eliciting a chase by the Gyrfalcon (to out of sight). It was a dark morph (only found in North America).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon hearing this, I spent the rest of the day scouring the area and saw the Gyr, but could not find the hawk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was on Sept 25, 2007 that I saw a dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk up near Candlestick Bridge. That bird was a one-day wonder. You can see a photo on the Sept 2007 blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope this bird stays around long enough for me to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, the gull did not stay around for Aaron’s group to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My trip list is 46.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My eBird list can be seen at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S119218678<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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