{"id":3015,"date":"2025-05-18T02:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2025-05-18T02:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T06:01:07","slug":"saturday-may-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/saturday-may-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, May 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mostly cloudy, temp in the 40s, wind light SSW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, my travel travails…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I arrived at the Philly airport in plenty of time, boarded the plane and we taxied out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We came to a stop and, after several minutes, were informed by the pilot that there was a light on that needed maintenance’s attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sat there for another 15-20 minutes while that got resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we were about to get going again, we were informed that the whole airport was being shut down due to a line of thunderstorms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three hours later (!!) we headed to Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course we arrived an hour or so after my flight to Anchorage had left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, by the time I got there, United had already rebooked me on the next flight to Anchorage (Yay!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that flight was also delayed. Irony of ironies, the plane that was coming in to fly to Anchorage was another delayed flight from Philly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It finally arrived, I got to Anchorage (8:30 PM), and flew to Adak today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting in so late on Friday, I was too tired to go out birding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did do a little birding this morning, getting a nice Barrow’s Goldeneye at Lake Spenard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barrow’s Goldeneye, Spenard Lake, Anchorage, May 17, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The flight to Adak was uneventful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went about assembling and erecting my feeders and did a little birding along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birds of note included a Tufted Duck on Lake Shirley along with a male Barrow’s Goldeneye. I have seen Barrow’s out here before, but always females. So it was nice to finally get a male here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barrow’s Goldeneye, Lake Shirley, May 17, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the waterfowl on Lake Shirley flew away before I could get better close-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mount Sitkin has been spewing gas for several years now and today was no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mount Sitkin, May 17, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m not sure if this new sign at the Anchorage airport was directed at Robert F. Kennedy, jr,…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A little airport humor…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are lot of Rock Ptarmigans here this spring (numbers can vary wildly from year to year.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of birders arrived today (at least a dozen or so) and there was already a group of three that arrived this past Wednesday. So a lot of eyes and ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My trip list is 23 and viewable at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S239508548<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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