Great day today. The weather was very nice, so we headed over to Little Tanaga Strait for Whiskered Auklets. We saw several hundred, with two of them within 6 feet of the boat at one point. (The following photo is a different pair. They were about 50 feet away.)
Despite about 35 birders combing the island (and southwest winds), nothing much was found today. Three Bar-tailed Godwits are hanging on at Clam Lagoon, and the Cacklers are still at the airport (and still no Bean-Geese joining them). A few more Common Redpolls were found and my group kicked up a Common Snipe at Contractors Camp. We did another seawatch from the Loran Station and saw a few more Laysan Albatrosses, but it was otherwise pretty quiet.