{"id":2670,"date":"2023-09-27T01:58:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T05:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2023-09-27T01:58:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T05:58:55","slug":"tuesday-september-26-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/tuesday-september-26-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, September 26, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temps in the 50s, mostly cloudy, Wind calm building to SW 5-15 mph in the afternoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weather, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Near the Sweeper Cove Jetty, a young Common Murre kept calling. I first learned this call a few years ago up at the Seawall. I heard this call, which sounds like a shorebird, but all I could see nearby were a couple of Common Murres. I played the Common Murre call on my phone, but it was just the grr sound. So I kept scouring the shoreline for this mysterious shorebird. I finally saw the young murre open its mouth as I heard the call. I then searched for murre calls in my list of Asian bird calls and found a young murre call, which was it! Mystery solved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Common Murre, near Sweeper Cove, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I checked Sweeper Channel next. As yesterday, there were about a dozen teal and a few wigeon. I checked them thoroughly for the Baikal. No luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to return to the house and when I got back to Sweeper, Aaron was there. And, amazingly, he did not have the Baikal or any other new duck! History did not repeat…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Kuluk Bay Seaweed Patch, I had two Emperor Geese and a Common Loon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was nothing new at Warbler Willows or the National Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I walked Clam Lagoon and, halfway up, a duck flushed from the edge. I snapped a few photos of it in flight — not identifying it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I downloaded the photos to the computer this evening, it turns out it was the Garganey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garganey, Clam Lagoon, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Notice the two broad white wing stripes and the white line over the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had the usual Sharp-tailed and Pectoral sandpipers and a couple of snipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Clam Lagoon, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At Andrew Lake, a few eagles were having a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bald Eagles, Andrew Lake, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Up at the Breaches, I had both a Common and a Yellow-billed Loon. As usual, the Yellow-billed was distant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yellow-billed Loon, the Breaches, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After not seeing a single falcon yesterday, I saw a Peregrine at Clam Lagoon today and then when I got back around to the Blue Building Feeder, the Merlin popped in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Merlin, near Blue Building Feeder, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each fall, I see a number of immature Red-faced Cormorants with white around the base of their bills. Here are two images, the first from 2006 and the other from two days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red-faced Cormorant, Clam Lagoon, Sept 14, 2006<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red-faced Cormorant, Clam Lagoon, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This appears to be normal for young Red-faced, yet the only field guide that shows this is the Easy Asia guide! I don’t understand why it is not illustrated more. It appears to be diagnostic…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On another note, Mount Sitkin — the active volcano 30 miles east of Adak — is growing a dome, which indicates a coming eruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mount Sitkin, May, 2022<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mount Sitkin, Sept 26, 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Notice the central “bump.” It is now higher than the peak to the left. And the white there is gases coming from the volcano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trip List is 61 and the Annual List is 84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see today’s eBird list at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S150842541<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaron’ group leave tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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