{"id":2079,"date":"2022-09-28T01:10:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T05:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2023-08-24T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:48:02","slug":"tuesday-september-27-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/tuesday-september-27-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, September 27, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temp in the 40s, Mostly sunny, Wind NW 15-30 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weather View, Sept 27, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

No sign of the thrush today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No new species today, but new birds nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A flock of 35 Black Scoters showed up today. And probably many other birds that I didn’t notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winds are currently coming straight off the Asian coast directly towards Adak. I hope tomorrow brings something exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birding was tough today with the high winds and surf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seawall, Sept 27, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Out on the Clam Lagoon Peninsula were three Sanderlings. They were very skitterish in the high wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sanderlings, Clam Lagoon, Sept 27, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As i continued up the west side of the lagoon, I found the rest of the flock huddled in the lee of a rock outcrop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sanderlings, Clam Lagoon, Sept 27, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the other side of the lagoon, I found another Snow Bunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow Bunting, Clam Lagoon, Sept 27, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The other day, I noticed these tracks on the sand at the Airport Creek outlflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harbor Seal tracks, Airport Creek outflow, Sept 27, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lisa (the refuge manager) informs me that they were made by Harbor Seals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only was the wind and surf high today, so was the tide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I certainly don’t understand tide patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the tide chart for this two weeks’ stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adak tide chart for Sept 17 to Oct 1, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The vertical green line is now (as I write this).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice that the past two days or so the tide has not really gone down. It has stayed in a very narrow range. Not good for exposing mud flats or Sweeper Channel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also notice that on some days there is a “double-dip” in the high tide. Go figure…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the week should be better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trip list is stuck at 54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My eBird list is at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S119548771<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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