Temp in the 40s, mostly sunny, almost calm at sunrise changing to SE 10-15 mph in the afternoon. Rain starting at 5:30 PM

Perfect weather for dickey-bird hunting!

So i spent the morning scouring every spruce tree and willow bush that I could find.

To no avail!

I visited the High School Spuices (Naumann’s Thrush site) three times today. Nada…

However, during my rounds, I found the Gyrfalcon again.

Later in the day, I saw the Peregrine. So it was a two-falcon day.

In the afternoon, I headed to Clam Lagoon and walked the Peninsula and Marsh Edge.

The Peninsula was birdless, but as I was walking from the Peninsula across the flats towards the south end of the Marsh Edge, three shorebirds flew in and landed nearby.

Two plovers and a dowitcher.

The dowitcher was much more colorful than the three I saw in the 18th.

I believe this was a juvenile, while the others were winter adults.

The plovers were in different plumages. Here is the first one.

The second one I am not sure of and have put out feelers to my band of experts. It might be an American Golden-Plover… or not.

Along the Marsh Edge were the usual suspects, pectorals, sharp-tails, and dowitcher.

Over the last week, Aaron’s group had been seeing a Little Stint here as well. Examination of their photos show it to be a different one from the one we had on the 18th.

I did not see it today. Of course…

Over at the Seawall, not too many birds were sitting on Cormorant Rocks!

I then revisited the feeders, spruces, and willows. Still nada…

I checked Lake Leone and all of the ducks were gone (tufted and scaup).

Up at the Hilltop Quarry, I finally got my Snow Buntings for the trip.

The salmon are nearing the end of their run on Finger Creek, but the gulls are still having a feast.

And a Harlequin was in a hurry to get away from me as I drove along the creek.

Aaron’s group departed yesterday, so I am the lone birder on the island right now.

Birds that they saw that I did not include: Wood Sandpiper, Gray-tailed Tattler, Black Scoter, Red-throated Loon, Common Goldeneye, Barn Swallow (would have been an Adak bird for me), and Rough-legged Hawk.

The vagaries of birding. Being at the right place at the right time. For most of those birds, it was a one or two minute interval that made the difference between seeing and not seeing those birds.

My trip list is 52.

My eBird list is https://ebird.org/checklist/S119442450

PS: Steve (the owner of Adak Aleutians Experience, where I stay) just got Starlink! So now I have high-speed internet here!