Still nice sunny weather!
We are still waiting for some more Asian visitors. This nice weather just doesn’t cut it.
We mentioned the Rock Ptarmigans in an earlier post. We are now seeing them every day.
Rock Ptarmigan, USMC Memorial, 9/22/2011
The highlight of the day was a most-cooperative Gyrfalcon. Although he flushed from the post on which he was sitting when I got out of the car to try to get a photo, he obligingly circled back and cruised leisurely overhead, affording the following pics (it was hard to pick just one!).
Gyrfalcon, Shotgun Lake, 9/22/2011
Gyrfalcon, Shotgun Lake, 9/22/2011
Gyrfalcon, Shotgun Lake, 9/22/2011
Gyrfalcon, Shotgun Lake, 9/22/2011
Gyrfalcon, Shotgun Lake, 9/22/2011
Gyrfalcon, Shotgun Lake, 9/22/2011
The only shorebirds today were Oystercatchers, Turnstones, and Rocks.
Trip list is at 54.
PS: When we recounted the first week’s summary, we forgot to mention that Frank had two lifers, not just one; Black-footed Albatross. How soon we forget…