{"id":752,"date":"2015-11-08T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/may-2011\/"},"modified":"2015-11-08T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T15:25:48","slug":"may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: We didn’t start keeping a daily blog of our trips to Adak until September 2011. So this is a brief summary of one of the previous trips. For more photos of birds, scenery, flowers, trip lists, etc., go to www.franklinhaas.com<\/a> and click on Birding Adak.<\/p>\n

May 15-29, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

We arrived on Sunday 5\/15.<\/p>\n

Isaac had alerted us to a Steller’s Eider that had been hanging around the Seawall for several weeks. We headed up there and found the bird. It stayed for our entire trip (to 5\/29).<\/p>\n

\"Steller's<\/a>

Steller’s Eider, May 20, 2011, Seawall..<\/p><\/div>\n

On Monday (5\/16) we found a Tufted Duck on the Airport Ponds and a Glaucous Gull along Bayshore Blvd.<\/p>\n

\"Glaucous<\/a>

Glaucous Gull, May 16, 2011, Clam Lagoon.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Tuesday (5\/17) we found a Wandering Tattler at the Seawall.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday (5\/18), up at the Blue Building Feeder, we found a Hawfinch \u2013 the first of several.<\/p>\n

\"Hawfinch,<\/a>

Hawfinch, May 20, 2011, Blue Building Feeder.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Thursday (5\/19), while scanning birds out in Kuluk Bay from the Palisades Overlook, I spotted a couple of Fulmars just off Zeto Point.<\/p>\n

On Friday (5\/20), while I was walking through Contractor’s Camp Marsh, Barb found a flock of six Whimbrel (Siberian race). I quickly joined her and saw them.<\/p>\n

On Saturday (5\/21) we had a Common Greenshank fly over at Contractor’s Camp Marsh, but could not relocate it.<\/p>\n

On Monday (5\/23) we found a Black-headed Gull at Clam Lagoon.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday (5\/25) at Sweeper Channel, four Wood Sandpipers walked out of the reeds, saw us and flew off before I could get a photo.<\/p>\n

On the Clam Lagoon Peninsula, I found a Red-necked Stint.<\/p>\n

\"Red-necked<\/a>

Red-necked Stint, May 27, 2011, Clam Lagoon.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Red-necked<\/a>

Red-necked Stint, May 25, 2011, Clam Lagoon.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Thursday (5\/26) we found another Hawfinch at the Naval Administration Building Feeder and a female Brambling.<\/p>\n

\"Hawfinches<\/a>

Hawfinches and Brambling, May 26, 2011, Naval Admin Bldg Feeder.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hawfinch,<\/a>

Hawfinch, May 26, 2011, Naval Admin Bldg Feeder.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hawfinch,<\/a>

Hawfinch, May 26, 2011, Naval Admin Bldg Feeder.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Brambling,<\/a>

Brambling, May 26, 2011. Naval Admin Bldg Feeder.<\/p><\/div>\n

Later, up at the Adak National Forest, we found a male Brambling.<\/p>\n

\"Brambling,<\/a>

Brambling, May 26, 2011. Adak National Forest.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Brambling,<\/a>

Brambling, May 26, 2011. Adak National Forest.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Friday (5\/27) we found two Hawfinches and another Brambling at the Seal Drive Feeder!<\/p>\n

\"Hawfinches<\/a>

Hawfinches and Brambling, May 27, 2011, Seal Drive Feeder.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hawfinches<\/a>

Hawfinches and Brambling, May 27, 2011, Seal Drive Feeder.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our trip list was 67. We got one lifer (Steller’s Eider) and although we had seen Red-necked Stint at Bombay Hook many years ago, this one was much more satisfying \u2013 a closer view. Also, the multiple Hawfinches and Bramblings were nice to see.<\/p>\n

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

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