{"id":3276,"date":"2025-10-03T00:42:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T04:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2025-10-03T00:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T04:44:48","slug":"thursday-october-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/thursday-october-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, October 2, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temps in the low 50s, partly sunny, Wind SW 15-30 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weather, October 2, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another nice day on Adak, but windy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I usually start my day by going to the mouth of Sweeper Cove (at the base of the breakwall) and scan Kuluk Bay for alcids, etc. (still looking for puffins!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No sooner had I raised my binos, than a flock of a few dozen Short-tailed Shearwaters filled my view. They were between me and the nearby rocky islands. I am guessing they were only about 1500 feet off shore. Very close for tubenoses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They quickly ventured farther out in the bay. I went up to the Kuluk Bay overlook in hopes there were more, and there were, but they had moved much farther out. I watched for a while and saw more shearwaters, but no larger or smaller stiff-wings joined them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went down to the end of the closed runway to take my daily weather photo. I then scanned the runway and environs. Sitting in the middle of the runway were two Gyrfalcons, shortly joined by a third!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gyrfalcons, October 2, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had never seen three gyrfalcons at once before. So this was a treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Sweeper Channel, the Belted Kingfisher, which had eluded me since I saw it last Saturday, was present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Belted Kingfisher, Sweeper Channel, October 2, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the day was nice birding, but not for walking. I walked out the Clam Lagoon Peninsula (nothing new) but it was a slog walking back into 40 mph winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the spring, Red-faced Cormorants are mostly seen off the Seawall, being careful to not get too close for decent photos\u2026 But in the fall, many of the young Red-faced have not yet learned that from their parents and venture elsewhere. My best Red-faced Cormorant photos are of young birds in the fall. They are very distinctive with white surrounding the bill (a feature not shown in most bird guides, by the way!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are always a bunch of cormorants roosting on the fuel dock — mostly Pelagics. Here is a young Red-faced mixed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pelagic Cormorants and 1 Red-faced Cormorant, Fuel Dock, October 2, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

No new trip birds today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trip list is still 60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s list can be viewed at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S276923372<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trip Report can be viewed at https:\/\/ebird.org\/tripreport\/413629?welcome=true<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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