Hermit thrush seen along Turnagain Arm trail, 1 mile south of Potter Trailhead,yesterday Sept 30th. Abundant berries in the area: highbush cranberries,...
Thanks to Betty Friest for organizing an outing to Homer last weekend. She and I, Cecily Fritz, Charlie Sartor, White Keys and Judith had one gorgeous day to...
Yesterday I saw a kestrel flying by MP 3 of Fairview Loop Road near Wasilla. A pretty late migrant. Last Saturday, Bob Sartor and I saw a Hawk-owl near MP...
Sorry for the late posting, but I am a California birder visiting Anchorage and have limited internet access. Just wanted to post that my dad and I spotted a...
Chris Maack called me up today to report that she had found a Hooded Merganser at Spenard Crossing while on an Audubon Bird walk. They also re-found the Ruddy...
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Oct 8, 2006 8:15 am
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Gathering my sketchy records of what was seen on Saturday's Audubon freeze-up tour, here is what our hardy band discovered: American Wigeon Mallard Barrow's...
The Great Horned Owl is still hanging out on the Tour Of Anchorage Trail. Today Susan Westervelt, Karen Pfeifer and I watched him for at least 20 min. He sits...
Here's another thanks to Chris, Sirena, and everybody who was on the Audubon walk yesterday. It was a great day with some good birds. At one point on the...
The female or juvenile hooded merganser was still at the Spenard Crossing, in the middle of the lagoon Sunday afternoon (1:50 PM). The ruddy duck and an adult...
Are Tundra Swans of the year(=imm.) white now? Dave S. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Oct 9, 2006 5:57 am
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Hi Dave & wkeys, According to Cornell's "Birds of N.A.," Tundra Swan juvenile plumage is gray in first winter juveniles and, interestingly, each year's young ...
Lakes Hood and Spenard are hosting excellent numbers and diversity of waterfowl. Sunday 10/8 produced great looks at both species and all ages of goldeneyes,...
Last night I talked with my friend, Robin Boulding, that lives on the Tanana river. On their way to Manley, they saw well over 1,000, YES THAT IS CORRECT,...
The hooded merganser was still there at 2 PM today 10/9. It was my 179 species seen in Alaska, a paltry comparison to Dave Sonneborn's 400, but then I'm a...
Can anyone please clarify exactly where Lake Spenard is? Thanks so much. ... From: akredgreen To: AKBirding@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006...
Spenard Lake was named after Joe Spenard and was at the end of a muddy wagon trail which wound along the path of today's Spenard Road from Downtown to the lake...
Hey all, Just a little update from Fairbanks. Last weekend I got down to a lake down by Delta Jct to do some hunting. On the lake at all times we had about...
Forwarding a report from a non-list member. Gordon Tans Anchorage ... From: AKBirding-owner@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AKBirding-owner@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Yesterday (oct 11) I observed two red-breasted mergansers fishing below the Ship creek dam. I checked later that the Anchorage checklist lists them as...
Gee, I wonder if those were the two we saw last Saturday and counted as Commons. Blush. Chris Maack Anchorage ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I am hereby declaring last Thursday, October 12 as Official Goose Day In Spenard! I know that every day could be a Goose Day in Spenard, but I'm thinking that...
The female hooded merganser was present between 0830 and 0900hrs at Spenard Crossing this morning. The merganser was feeding at the back of the lagoon (near...
On a power walk this afternoon along the Coastal Trail south from Westchester Lagoon, I spied a GBH in flight. The bird was heading toward Ship Creek. My...
I had a similar experience hearing Canada geese fly over Thurdsay night in Anchorage from 9-11 pm and in two different part of town: Sears Mall on Northern...
Three of us did the local lake and shore circuit this am (Sunday, 15th) and stopped by Ship Creek dam. There were now 6 mergansers below dam but I couldn't...
Just wanted to add that swans were seen on a trip I took last Thursday (Oct 12th) in fresh water all along the Seward Highway from Potter Marsh to Portage,...
Hi Birders, Is anyone aware of a book/web site/etc. that shows pictures of shorebird nestlings, other than the book, "Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North...
For the last week there has been flocks of 30-50 W.W. Crossbills on Stanford Drive eating cones. This evening I saw the largest flock yet...100, plus....
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