{"id":2992,"date":"2024-10-04T02:19:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2024-10-04T02:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:19:55","slug":"thursday-october-3-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/thursday-october-3-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, October 3, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temps in the 40s-50s, partly sunny, Wind WNW 20-40 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was hard standing up when I got out of the car!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I met Aaron up at Lake Jean to look for the Common Mergansers, but there were very few ducks there and only two Red-breasteds out beyond Lake Jean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I checked Andrew Lake, but the waves and spray made it impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided t try the Loran Station one more time. Here is what the rock that Aaron found the Double-crested Cormorant looked like two days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loran Station Area, October 1, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And here it was today…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loran Station Area, October 3, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not many cormorants there…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I headed around Clam Lagoon and not far from Candlestick Bridge, I found a Brambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brambling, East Shore Clam Lagoon, October 3, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was a differently plumaged bird than the one I had at my feeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way back, near the East Side Ponds, I had a nice Pacific Golden-Plover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pacific Golden-Plover, East Side Ponds, October 3, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I headed back to town to tell Aaron about the Brambling. He decided not to chase it, but was headed down to Finger Bay. I was also planning to go there to look for the redpolls that had been reported a few days earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got to Finger Bay, drove to the end where the redpolls were reported and found one in a little spruce tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Common Redpoll, Finger Bay, October 3, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I stopped at the cement pier to scan the bay and a Leach’s Storm-Petrel flew by!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leach’s Storm-Petrel, Finger Bay, October 3, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I met Aaron’s group as I was leaving and informed them and they also got it. It was a lifer for at least one of his group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little did I know that this was a premonition of things to come…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went back to the house, settled in, made dinner, and was just finishing up when I received a text from Aaron saying there were “loads” of Mottled Petrels in Kuluk Bay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I raced over there and yes, there were. Plus Short-tailed Shearwaters. They were flying in and out of the mist, but viewing conditions changed from minute to minute. After clearly seeing several Mottleds, I decided to run up to the Palisades Overlook to see if the view was any better. It wasn’t (and no wind protection).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I returned to the Kuluk Bay Overlook where the guys were and Aaron said he had just had a Short-tailed Albatross! Well, I didn’t get that, but the Mottled Petrel was a lifer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While searching for the petrels, I had taken a random number of photos of the bay in hopes of catching one. I did!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mottled Petrel, Kuluk Bay, October 3, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mottled Petrel, Kuluk Bay, October 3, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The wind is to continue blowing all night, but will not be so strong tomorrow. Who knows what else it brought in last night and today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trip List is 62. The Year List is 92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s List: https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S197424964<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trip List: https:\/\/ebird.org\/tripreport\/277586?welcome=true<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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