{"id":662,"date":"2015-09-26T04:48:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T08:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/friday-september-25-2015\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:53:23","slug":"friday-september-25-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/friday-september-25-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, September 25, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Temp in the high 50s, S wind 10-20 mph mostly cloudy.<\/p>\n

We are getting Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches, Song Sparrows, and Lapland Longspurs (collectively known up here as Rosy Long-Sparrows!) at the feeders, but nothing else so far.<\/p>\n

It rained last night, so we weren’t eating dust all day. Some of the small wet areas got wetter…<\/p>\n

Fred (the recently-arrived birder) and I walked the Clam Lagoon marsh edge in hopes that two people might find more birds than one. We did, but not by much. We found 3 Long-billed Dowitchers (as opposed to 2) and 2 Pectoral Sandpipers (as opposed to 1). Still no Sharp-tails.<\/p>\n

The Taiga Flycatcher was last seen on Wednesday, 9\/23.<\/p>\n

The change in weather may have brought in some loons. We had one Pacific and 4(!) Yellow-billed — 2 in breeding plumage and two in non-breeding — at the Seawall.<\/p>\n

We also spotted a couple of Kittlitz’s Murrelets, to bring our triplist to 48.<\/p>\n

As we came around a bend on the west side of Clam Lagoon, a young Bald Eagle attempted to fly away from the shoreline, but misjudged his takeoff and fell haplessly into the lagoon! Not very suave…<\/p>\n

He tried to swim, then tried to take off again, then just swam back to shore — suitably embarrassed.<\/p>\n

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Embarrassed Bald Eagle, Clam Lagoon, Sept 25, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Embarrassed Bald Eagle, Clam Lagoon, Sept 25, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Embarrassed Bald Eagle, Clam Lagoon, Sept 25, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

We saw a Stellar’s Sea Lion at the Seawall and a Minke Whale was giving brief views there as well.<\/p>\n

Not a bad way to start our second week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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