Lisa Holzapfel, Scott Hauser and I found a Killdeer at the mostly dry Fish Hatchery at the Post Road entrance to Elmendorf about 1PM. Dave Sonneborn ANchorage ...
davidsonne@...
Jul 2, 2006 2:28 am
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4 Ruddy Ducks were present on Kenny Lake on June 29th and again today (July 2nd). All four adults were loafing in the middle of the lake with the rest of the...
Fairbanks birders -- are there still Tennesee Warblers around? Anywhere? Gordon Tans Anchorage [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
While on an outing to Seldovia on July 1 I heard and then saw a female. There was a lot of calling and the sighting was in the vicinity of the Russina Orthodox...
Many many years ago Bob and Charlotte Sartor hiked with well known birder Mike Bronson to the top of Baldy Mountain in the Talkeetnas - due north of Wasilla....
The woods are pretty quiet up here and lots of fledglings are out and about. No report of the Tennesse Warbler this week. The last report was the week of June...
Ken_Russell@...
Jul 3, 2006 7:45 pm
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The pair of Pacific Loons on Goose Lake have been successful this year in hatching a chick. Due to all the paddle boat activity on the lake with this nice...
July 5, 2006 Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report 57º, cloudy, south breeze. 18 hours, 36 minutes of daylight, tomorrow will be 2 minutes and 34 seconds...
Carol G. reported a lone alder flycatcher in "spruce" by the airport. If this is unusual for Seward, you might want to see the bird. Twice this season I have...
On July 5th there were approximately 40 Semi-palmated Plovers at the mouth of Ship Creek, along with 3 Cackling Geese. The previously-reported Killdeer was...
BradMeiklejohn@...
Jul 6, 2006 6:35 pm
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The other day I was driving south on the Glenn near Chugiak, when I saw a raptor being harrased by a smaller bird. Upon getting closer to the birds, I could...
I ran across at an LBJ that keys out as a female or immature Cassin's Finch. The bird was across the road from the scenic overlook parking lot after the car...
The killdeer was still present this morning between 8:30 and 10 am at drained pond at the old Elemendorf Fish Hatchery. Also present were 6 least sandpipers,...
... wrote:> "Maybe your bird was a juvenile rosy finch, pine siskin, or redpoll?" ... Thanks, Good, stong possibilities, but.. My first thought before I put my...
HI AK birders, I've been asked which bird book (field guide) would be the most useful for an active birder who is moving to Bethel, Alaska. Is there a guide...
The National Geographic Guide has much wider (=rarities) coverage and is very good for text and illustrations. Dave S. [Non-text portions of this message have...
davidsonne@...
Jul 9, 2006 1:45 am
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Hi Stacy, I strongly second Dave Sonneborn's recommendation of the Nat. Geo. Field Guide to the Birds of N.A.! And, in my opinion, the recently released...
In addition to Sibley's and National Geographic, I would also take the following with me: 1. "Shorebirds of North American, the Photographic Guide" by Dennis...
Georgia, Stacy, et al. I also subscribe to and use the BNA Online account frequently, too. However, just not to mislead anyone, the BNA accounts only deal with...
I agree in principle with everybody's suggestions, but as they said, some of these books like the National Geographic Complete Guide are weighty tomes. I...
Hi all-- I spent the weekend in the alpine around Skagway, hoping to pick up something exciting, like a Dusky Flycatcher or Timberline Sparrow. No luck on...
I hiked the trail from Gull Rock (at the end of the campground in Hope) yesterday. (Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer, page 71, A5, 38). My group encountered only 3...
A couple of days ago, I was at Westchester Lagoon near the radio tower where I got an up-close view of an Adult RN Grebe feeding a very young chick. The adult...
On Saturday, July 8th, I took the ferry from Whittier to Valdez. The best birds were 2 adult Sabine's Gulls near Glacier Island (just west of Valdez Arm). At...
I've watched similar episodes and just admire those patient parent grebes. I think the chick could drop the fish 200 times and the parent would always retrieve...
Hello to all, I took the ferry trip from Homer to Kodiak on July 1st-2nd, and returned the same way on the 7th-8th. These were "night" trips but there was...
Greetings, Today a pair of Common Loons was swimming along the road at the West end of Six Mile Lake with a single fuzzy chick. On Triangle Lake a single...
There are days when I don't feel so lucky, like the days I get a call telling me that I've been bypassed once again for a public sector job. Then there are...
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