Fairbanks—June 14

This morning I returned to Creamer’s Field and I was very disappointed.  The number of birds singing was very sparse today and I only added Savannah Sparrow and the fly bye of three White-faced Ibis.  I did observe another Hammond’s Flycatcher hunting and heard an Alder Flycatcher singing.  I spent over two hours there with very limited success.  I suppose that this location is best in migration, but the migrants have moved on farther north to their breeding grounds by this time in early June.  The rest of the day I spent doing some minor repairs to the hitch on my truck, some final grocery shopping before heading to the Denali Highway tomorrow where there will be no stores available, and make final preparations to secure items in the trailer for a bumpy ride.