Woke up to strong
winds, light snow and some rain. It was much colder than yesterday but this
inclement weather didn’t seem to deter the birds. There was much more movement
today and everything felt different. We picked up a group of 16 Steller’s Eiders at one wetland, and we
had a flock of what was probably 40 Spectacled
Eiders flying over, plus a female Spectacled
at another wetland.
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| White-rumped Sandpiper |
All the usual shorebirds were seen, including the same White-rumped Sandpiper as yesterday.
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| Steller's Eiders |
After lunch, a
short visit to the Information Centre/Museum, and a siesta we checked all of
the same sites again. There was generally less birds present at the start, but
then we found 10 Steller’s Eiders in
one of the wetlands, followed by a pair of spectacular Spectacled Eiders roosting about 150m away further along the same
wetland area.
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| Spectacled Eider - Bird of the trip right there..!!!! |
In the strong winds we scoped the birds and enjoyed really great
views once they woke up and began swimming around. Awesome!
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| Snow Bunting is extremely common around Barrow |
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