Final day.

Temp in the 40s, mostly cloudy, showers, SW 20-40 mph wind

We could not find the mystery duck from yesterday.

The Black-tailed Godwit, Glaucous Gull, Tufted Ducks, many Hawfinches, Bramblings, and Wood Sandpipers were still present.

The only bird of interest today was a light-morph Parasitic Jaeger on Clam Lagoon. 99% of the jaegers out here are dark morph, so a light morph makes you take a second look. This one was observed sitting and flying and was a Parasitic.

Light-morph Parasitic Jaeger, Clam Lagoon, May 28, 2015

This photo makes it look slightly larger than the dark-morph, but it wasn’t.

For the third trip in a row, we arrived home late. However, the number of hours late keeps going down — so I guess we are at least headed in the right direction.

This was a GREAT trip! Two lifers, many semi-lifers, New birds almost every day. Some great birders to bird with. And some great photos.

The trip list total of 76 was phenomenal. When the other birders were here, most of the rare birds stayed around long enough for everyone to see. We will return.

Rainbow over Sitkin Sound, May 22, 2015