I’m a little late getting this post up. My new baby is taking up most of my time. (-: Anyway, back on Dec 21st John Vanderpoel and I had the first ever Pine Grosbeak on Adak and also the Central Aleutians. Not exactly a bird that was
Read more →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 →All the shorebird excitement from last week quickly died out. Even the Pectoral and Sharp Tailed Sandpiper numbers have about dried up. A few lesser notables have been a Common Snipe and several Vega Herring Gulls. Waterfowl are starting to return for the winter with Emperor Geese,
Read more →With all the strong West winds we have been having I was hoping this was going to be a japonicus American Pipit but after looking at the pictures it appears to be your standard Alaskan pacificus race. Adak does not get very many vagrant passerines from either
Read more →Male Hawfinch at the NSGA “forest” Here is a pictoral highlight of the last week birding on Adak. The Hawfinch that I found at the National Forest stayed for a few days and then disappeared. Then on the 18th I found another one (or more likely the
Read more →I found a Hawfinch at the National Forest around 7pm tonight. He was feeding on some sunflower seeds I had put out. Unlike previous Hawfinches this one was very approachable and wasn’t bothered by us standing around looking at it. I was able to call Aaron Lang
Read more →Here is my excitement for the day. Eurasian Skylark has been an expected bird for me since being on Adak. It only took 3 years. (-: I have often wondered how to pick them out from the LALO but turns out not that hard at all. This bird
Read more →As I reported last night I found a Hawfinch on the Sandy Cove cliffs late last night. Today at 5pm I was finally able to pin it down for a few seconds and get some pictures. It’s a very wary bird and you have to stay sitting
Read more →Woke up to a light layer of snow on the ground this morning and chilly North winds 15-25mph all day. NOT a great motivator to get outside birding first thing this morning. I did anyway (after coffee) and in between snow and hail squalls I did shoot
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