Eric Myers, Dave Porter and I traveled to Juneau today, Oct. 31 and got great long looks at the Rustic Bunting in Paul Suchanek's backyard in North Douglas....
Hi Karla, I'm Bob Trotter, a physician assistant who has been out at Shemya every other month for the last year and half. I didn't respond to the Ak Birding...
Quite frankly, I'm glad to have read your posting. I looked at ebird and made a decision to not enter my data for a number of reasons. I learned a lot from...
I've forwarded these comments to the folks at Cornell Lab of Ornithology for their response. I couldn't find Shemya on the list of birding hot spots. In the...
Hi Birders, Please read the following email from Brian Sullivan (eBird Project Leader) concerning the current discussion about the applicability of eBird to...
We had a pair of Ruby Crowned Kinglets at our feeder earlier this week. We had a single Ruby Crowned Kinglet at our feeder Wednesday. They arrived with the...
Congratulations to Aaron Lang for compiling the new checklist, "The Birds of Cordova and the Copper River Delta." Checklists can be obtained for $4 through...
Does anyone know a private bird guide who can be hired for a day or up to 2 weeks by visitors to Alaska? I keep getting inquiries, as apparently the ABA...
Sunday, November 5 Eric Myers, Pat Pourchot and I birded Anchorage for a couple of hours. There was a Savannah Sparrow feeding in the snow free area under a...
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Nov 6, 2006 3:29 am
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On my way to Kincaid Park this evening about 4:30, a juvenile eagle landed on one of the tower at Kilis base. It's the first eagle I've seen in Anchorage for...
On November 5th I observed a gray-phase Gyrfalcon strafing White-tailed Ptarmigan in the Hatcher Pass area on the downhill side of the large parking area ...
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Nov 6, 2006 6:56 pm
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Sorry for the double post for those folks subscribed to both Eaglechat and AKBirding, but I wanted to get some help as quickly as possible. I saw a strange...
The new checklist can be picked up at Audubon Alaska offices, 715 L St. #201, but if you're wanting one by mail you should contact Prince William Sound Audubon...
I wanted to share some interesting observations from this past week. I saw a Chukar off of the Seward highway near Bird last week while driving back from...
Greetings Alaskan Birders, Many of you have e-mailed me with questions about the survey. Based on the response that I have received so far it is obvious that I...
During a long backcountry ice skate in the Mud Lake/Jim Lake/Swan Lake area north of the Knik River on November 7th we encountered 13 Trumpeter Swans still...
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Nov 8, 2006 5:52 pm
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This am (Wednesday, Nov. 8)there was a ruby-crowned kinglet feeding in the hedge alongside 7th Ave. near K St. downtown behind the Audubon office--Buzz isn't...
Tuesday 1:30 pm Downtown. L St. and 13th. Near City Market. Feeding on the ground, under trees where snow is sparse. Sheila [Non-text portions of this...
Hi there! I am an avian veterinarian (and bird watcher!) and will be visiting Juneau 1/24-1/28/07. I'm helping get a pet bird club going, looking at some birds...
A juvenile white-throated sparrow was seen today feeding on the ground below the platform feeder in the back yard. The presence of an tan- striped sparrow...
A somewhat late post for some presumably late Sandhill Cranes. I saw two of them in the field west of the Palmer Airport on November 5. Latest I've seem them,...
This afternoon about 3:00pm there was a Northern Hawk Owl about 1 mile from the Palmer-Wasilla interchange (on the Anchorage side). Somewhere around mile...
November 10. 2006 Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report Sunrise 8:44 am, sunset 4:38 pm, length of day 7 hours, 53 minutes; tomorrow will be 4 minutes and 55...
HI folks, On Saturday we saw the Northern Hawk Owl at 9:30 AM and again at 12:30 PM, both times right at the interchange of the Palmer / Wasilla Highway (Glenn...
Ed: I saw a Warbling vireo on Gull Rock trail (Hope, AK) on July 9, 2006. I reported the sighting first to Dave Sonneborn, because I didn't know if my...