I was able to see the Northern Wheatear last night around 10 PM. We tried looking for it this morning, but didn’t find it. Instead we found one Common and one Hoary Redpoll. Late today I heard the wheatear was found in a different spot today, so maybe there’s hope for tomorrow.
The Tufted Duck has returned once again to Smew Pond, plus more Eurasian Wigeons appeared to have arrived today. Also apparently arriving today was a Goosander (the Old World Common Merganser), found on Lake Andrew by Isaac Helmericks, and a Smew on Shotgun Lake found by Forrest Davis’ group. The Smew was too far away for a photo, but here’s a shot of Adak’s biggest twitch. Luckily, just about all the birders on the island were nearby, so most were able to converge within five minutes of the discovery.
Adak's biggest twitch