{"id":3157,"date":"2025-09-22T00:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2025-09-22T00:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:38:16","slug":"sunday-september-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/sunday-september-21-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, September 21, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temps in the 50s, partly sunny, wind SW 15-25 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weather, Sept 21, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A good day on Adakl!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I get to the birds…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the flight from Anchorage to Adak, I always enjoy viewing the various islands along the Aleutian chain. When not totally overcast, the islands are visible, but even on a sunny day like Saturday, each has their own cloud cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Island Clouds, Sept 20, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Saturday night, we all got an early wake-up call. At 11:30 PM, we experienced a 5.5 magnitude earthquake that shook my bed for 10 or 15 seconds. No damage done…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to the birds…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day started off great with my finding a Belted Kingfisher at Sweeper Channel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Belted Kingfisher, Sweeper Channel, Sept 21, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An Adak bird for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been several reports in recent years, but most of them have been right before I arrived or right after I left. So it was nice to finally catchup with one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosy-Finches and Song Sparrows have found most of the feeders already. Their community memory is getting stronger. It used to take several days. Now I had birds at the feeders the same day I erected them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember this photo from last May?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bald Eagle with two eaglets, Sweeper Cove, May 31, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here is a close-up view of that “nest.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bald Eagle Nest, Sept 21, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Basically, just a cleared spot on a little mound. Quite different from the multi-ton behemoths in Sycamore trees that I see back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, although it is not breeding season here, an adult Bald Eagle let me know that she didn’t like me snooping around her nest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up at the Seawall, I had a pair of Ruddy Turnstones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruddy Turnstone, Seawall, Sept 21, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other birds found by the other birders the past two days include Gyrfalcon, Eurasian Skylark, Garganey, and Siberian Sand-Plover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s list can be viewed at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S274818938<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trip Report can be viewed at https:\/\/ebird.org\/tripreport\/413629?welcome=true<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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