They were also flying around the cliffs, showing off their large white flank patches.
Two younger birds were perched together nearby.
All three expected species of auklets were also present here. Least Auklets, the tiniest of the three, posed nicely.
Crested Auklets and Parakeet Auklets were also well-represented here. Note the six-sided snowflake at the top of the back on this Crested Auklet.
A few Tufted Puffins were also found here.
Down at the nearby seal blind on Gorbatch Bay, a Pacific Wren was heard singing its long song.
We drove down into town and checked the feeding area along King Street where 9 Bramblings were found perched on a roof.
I spotted a Wood Sandpiper walking around in the grassy alley behind the houses.
A stop at the harbor yielded King Eiders, Harlequin Ducks, and Glaucous-winged Gulls.
A male Eurasian Wigeon was hanging out at Icehouse Lake.
A Red-breasted Merganser at Big Polovina Lake was added to the trip list. After lunch, we stopped at Pumphouse Lake where I got some very distant documentation photos of the male Garganey. A pair was present here.
Today's first stop at the Salt Lagoon produced singles of Wandering Tattler, Gray-tailed Tattler, the skittish Common Greenshank, and Glaucous Gull, plus a distant Bar-tailed Godwit, and 3 Black-headed Gulls.
It was very foggy when we stopped at Sea Lion Neck. I grabbed a couple photos of one of the ubiquitous Lapland Longspurs.
A pair of King Eiders were the only notable birds there.
From there, we took the seemingly long, bumpy road out to Marunich. When we got there, it was cold with winds gusting out of the north. Interesting birds included a Common Sandpiper, a King Eider, and 2 Ruddy Turnstones, which I got distant photos of among the rocks.
After dinner, our second check of the day at the Salt Lagoon added Terek Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruddy Turnstone, and Sabine's Gull to that site for the day.
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