{"id":3045,"date":"2025-05-21T02:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2025-05-21T02:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:34:52","slug":"tuesday-may-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/tuesday-may-20-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, May 20, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temps in the 40s, overcast with on-and-off rain in the morning, some breaks in the clouds in the afternoon, wind SW 20-30 in the morning switching to NE 10-15 by afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weather, May 20, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Poor birding weather this morning changed by afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked up a few birds for the trip list, but nothing rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Andrew Lake, there were a lot of passerines flitting about, but just Snow Buntings and longspurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow Bunting (with Lapland Longspur), Andrew Lake, May 20, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the Seawall, I found some White-winged Scoters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also there, I had several Short-tailed Shearwaters in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I drove out to the Loran Station in the fog and picked up Tufted Puffin and Pacific Wren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back at Clam Lagoon, I had a Black Oystercatcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black Oystercatcher having a well-earned nap after a hard day of “catching”(?) oysters, Clam Lagoon, May 20, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After arriving home, showering, and eating dinner, I saw a post about a Lesser Yellowlegs at Clam Lagoon. That would be a new Adak bird for me. So I saddled up and headed up there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I got there, I scanned the flats and saw the Bar-tailed Godwit that others had reported since yesterday, but no yellowlegs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I drove up to the peninsula and scanned from there. No luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I walked the west marsh edge from north to south and back again. No yellowlegs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the bridge over Sweeper Creek, a Bald Eagle posed for my phone’s camera. This is the full frame just to show you how tame the eagles are up here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bald Eagle, May 20, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Trip List is 55.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s List can be seen at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S240787944<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Total Trip List can be seen at https:\/\/ebird.org\/tripreport\/372779<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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