6/8/2009 Liam, Bill and I wedged in birding at Nome River mouth, picking up a black-tailed godwit in the process. Our remaining guests: Tim, Mike, Mauricio, Skip, Pam, Bill and Veronika and Warren and Jennifer arrived at 10:30 and 1:30 and we were on the birding trail by 2:00. Our objective was mile 40 of the Teller Road where a rare hawfinch had been seen for the past three days. Upon arriving we were told that all of the other groups that had searched for it in the last 24 hours had not found it, but we put in an attempt anyway. Although we were not able to re-find the bird we had many looks at numerous other species including long-tailed ducks, arctic warblers, American and pacific golden plovers, northern wheatear, yellow wagtail, long-tailed and parasitic jaegers, common and hoary redpolls. We chased a displaying Bluethroat across the tundra without ever securing a decent look at it, but we did have some nice looks at a flying American golden plover.