{"id":2664,"date":"2023-09-26T02:08:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2023-09-26T02:08:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:08:25","slug":"monday-september-25-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/monday-september-25-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, September 25, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temps in the 50s, mostly cloudy, Wind WNW 5-15 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weather, Sept 25, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Aaron, the Adak Magician, pulls another duck out of his hat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had checked Sweeper Channel early and had a dozen teal and a few wigeon. I checked through them thoroughly (they weren’t very far up the channel) and they all flew off when I drove up the dike. I left there and headed up towards the Marsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as I was arriving there, I got a call from Aaron that he had a Baikal teal at Sweeper Channel!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I raced back and discovered about two dozen teal, several Mallards and more wigeon — and a Baikal Teal! This was obviously a different flock than I had earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case, another Adak bird for me. Here is a poor, but identifiable photo. Notice the white spot just behind the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baikal Teal, Sweeper Channel, Sept 25, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was pretty far up the channel, so after everyone got satisfactory views, several of us walked up the dike in hopes of closer photos. I got the above photo about halfway up and then everything flew. I did not get a flight photo, but Aaron did, showing the distinctive upper wing pattern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a Lifer for me that did not increase my life list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2010, we had scheduled a trip to southeast Arizona. A Baikal Teal had been found in Phoenix, so we made a side trip up there to see it. Although we questioned its provenance, the state records committee accepted it, so we put it on our list. I was never really comfortable with that, so I am now dropping that sighting from my list and replacing it with this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than that bird, I had another Laysan Albatross and a few Short-tailed Shearwaters off the Seawall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And 9 Black Scoters of Navfac Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black Scoters, Navfac Beach, Sept 25, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While walking back from taking the above photo, I noticed that the Seaside Ragworts were in seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seaside Ragwort, Navfac Beach, Sept 25, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The seed head is very similar to a Dandelion’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My trip list is 59 and the annual list is 84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see today’s eBird list at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S150779532<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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