{"id":479,"date":"2014-05-31T19:06:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T23:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/thursday-may-29-2014\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:59:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:59:46","slug":"thursday-may-29-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/thursday-may-29-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, May 29, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wrap-up<\/strong><\/p>\n

Temp in the 40s, overcast over town, sunny up at Clam Lagoon, 10-25 mph west wind.<\/p>\n

Our trip ended with a whimper. No new birds, so the trip list is 61. However, the Tufted Duck at Lake Shirley reappeared. Four new birders arrived today for a four-day visit, so the Tufted Duck’s re-emergence was great news and they rushed off to Lake Shirley. We expect a report from them after their trip and I will add an epilogue to this blog when I get it.<\/p>\n

Northern Shovelers are uncommon on Adak. We have had them on 5 out of 7 May trips, but always only 2 to 4 birds. So it is unusual that a pair was still here today.<\/p>\n

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Northern Shovelers, Sweeper Channel, May 29, 2014.<\/p><\/div>\n

We would rate this a “very good” trip, not a great one.<\/p>\n

We added two new birds to our Adak list — Lesser Scaup and Tundra Swan (three, if you count Bewick’s Swan as a full species). We saw two new whales — Sperm and Hump-backed. The number of Tufted Ducks — at least 8 — was rewarding.<\/p>\n

We haven’t seen a breeding-plumage Ruff in many years, so the black-and-rufous Ruff was a treat.<\/p>\n

Best of all were the two Bristle-thighed Curlews, up-close-and-personal! Our previous experience with this species was very unsatisfying. This one was great!<\/p>\n

Although the number of waterfowl (swans, geese, ducks, loons, and grebes) was a new record for us, the other categories were down. No falcons, no non-native passerines (even North American strays!), no Asian shorebirds — except the Ruff.<\/p>\n

Species seen by other birders while we were there, but missed by us, include Gyrfalcon, Short-eared Owl, Horned Grebe, Surf Scoter, and a possible Common Merganser\/Goosander.<\/p>\n

I will update our trip list in a few days and it will be available under the Birding Adak<\/span> link at my website www.FranklinHaas.com<\/a>. (as well as general birding info on Adak)<\/p>\n

We will be headed back in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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