We have been having clear skys and cold days (12 to 30F) here on Adak for the last 10 days. There is several ft of snow on the ground. Winds have been almost calm most days. NOT what you would expect for Adak in the winter. I was
Read more →Dusky Thrush Headed to work this morning with coffee in one hand and camera in the other as usual. (I know, you are thinking what hand is driving?) And just as usual some of my best birds are never when I am actually looking. I swung
Read more →Favorable West winds continue on Adak today with excellent results. Fall 2011 is by far the “best” fall I’ve had on Adak in terms of numbers and variety of shorebird species. What a treat. Our second Common Sandpiper was found this morning in Sweeper Creek and the
Read more →Common Sandpiper on beach rocks Common Sandpiper in flight What did I just say yesterday. 6 eyes are better than 2. Around lunch today Barb called me and said they had a Common Sandpiper at the Clam Lagoon Seawall. I rushed right over in pounding wind and
Read more →Just a few shorebirds today. Didn’t see the Garganey again but most of the teal moved off of the Lagoon right now so I imagine he is with them. A nine shorebird day is pretty good for Adak! Wood Sandpiper_1 Sharp tailed Sandpiper_3 Pectoral Sandpiper_2
Read more →Garganey and Aleutian Green Winged Teal flying together These two birds were the highlight of the evening. Also at the lagoon was 33 Sanderlings, 3 Western Sandpipers, 3 Sharp Tailed Sandpipers and 2 Pectoral Sandpipers.
Read more →Juvenile Red Necked Stint I couldn’t decide which picture I liked better so what the heck I posted both! (-: I am sure this is the same RNST that I first saw with the Sanderlings on the 3rd. Other birds of note was a flock of 15
Read more →Juvenile Red Necked Stint With a stiff West wind blowing tonight I decided to head out to the lagoon to see if anything of interest was around. I haven’t been out birding in several weeks. I found a flock of Sanderlings right away way out
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I found this gray male “hawking” earthworms on the gravel road near the SW corner of Clam Lagoon tonight around 8pm. Seems we are having a little “fallout” of Cuckoos on Adak. Now if I could only somehow make one of these guys into an Oriental Cuckoo
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Here is the bird if the day. Just proves that some of the best birds on Adak are pure chance and you should always be ready to bird. That is why I try to always take my binoculars and camera with me everytime I leave the house.
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