The Marsh Sandpiper and Ruff are still present at Clam Lagoon on Adak as of this morning (9/1/07). No sign of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, but two USFWS...
Saturday, September 1 Dear Birders, I arrived on Saint Paul Island today for the fall birding survey and migration tourism season and with Dylan Radin refound...
Hi Rich: Sorry, don't have the King paper available ... however, here's some other info .... 1. The following is from an update to the 5th Edition of the...
Hi Phil, Thanks for the info. I actually already had seen those. Unfortunately, a split accepted by Clements isn't worth much. And I have no idea how ...
This afternoon we biked to Lake Hood and started with oodles of Scaups, a couple of wigeons, and a couple of Goldeneyes. But in the float plane "fingers" on...
The sandhill cranes are all moving. Ičve had pairs and groups of 3 & 4 fly over my house every morning. I am moving out of King Salmon and moving into ...
Spent the past 10 days showing a couple out-of-town fellow birders some of our great state. On our trip to Fairbanks for the Sandhill Crane festival we saw a...
We biked over there today and, while we didn't find the merganser (might not have looked far enough along the first dirt road? - didn't take these directions...
After several very quiet bird outings, this morning was a pleasant change. I walked to Hillstrand Lake (across L. Otis from Davenport Fields) and watched a...
AK Birders all, Recently a list member suggested that the reply-to setting on this list should be changed so replies go by default only to the sender of the ...
RBA * Alaska * St. Paul Island, Pribilofs * September 5, 2007 * AKSPI 0509.07 Hello Birders, this is the St. Paul Island rare bird alert for the week of August...
Gavin Bieber
kingbird77@...
Sep 6, 2007 6:00 pm
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Howdy, A few birds to report from Adak: TWO Marsh Sandpipers were together on Clam Lagoon today (9/7/07). Also today, one Common Greenshank was with two Ruffs...
Did the Grand Tour of Anchorage today to see what's around. Numerous immature A. Wigeon and N. Pintail, and a few Mallards at Potter Marsh. The gulls, geese...
If anyone else is interested, the Ring Necked Duck was still on the southeast end of Lake Hood just across the road from the international inn at around 2:30...
Howdy, We refound one of the Oriental Greenfinches yesterday near the "Adak National Forest". The bird is molting and doesn't quite look like any of the field...
During September 10-11 a strong, intensifying storm set up shop in the central Bering Sea, resulting in strong (20-40 mph) ESE winds here at Gambell the past...
Paul Lehman
lehman.paul1@...
Sep 11, 2007 11:16 pm
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At 3:00 Tuesday morning I was performing the routine launch of a weather balloon at the NWS facility on Sand Lake Rd. In the woods nearby came the familiar...
Dave, That is fascinating information. Please continue to keep us posted on your radar observations, especially next spring! Happy birding! Carol Griswold ...
Wednesday, September 12 Dear Birders, After the remains of Typhoon Fitow passed on Monday, we've had strong winds that continued from the southeast, then...
This morning (9/12/07), a Little Stint was found at Clam Lagoon on Adak with the continuing flock of about 50 Sanderlings and 2 Western Sandpipers. It was...
The number of cranes near the Palmer airport are reduced from several days ago. Peak numbers were near 200 birds, the last couple of days I've seen a third of...
Many thanks to Larry McGee for sharing this amazing tidbit of avian information. Fork-tailed palm-swifts are now known to build their nests from saliva, plant...
Today, Sept 13, the winds shifted from ESE to WSW and we found a LITTLE BUNTING in the Far Boneyard, already the THIRD Little Bunting here this fall, and the...
Paul Lehman
lehman.paul1@...
Sep 13, 2007 10:18 pm
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Hi All, Jake Mohlmann and I found a gorgeous, easy-to-identify RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL at the Hutchinson Hill quarry this afternoon at about 1:00. About a half...
This afternoon (9/13) a female-type BULLOCK'S ORIOLE appeared in the "Old Town" section of Gambell and played hide and seek for the next couple of hours. Aaron...
Paul Lehman
lehman.paul1@...
Sep 14, 2007 2:10 am
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Had a Northern Waterthrush in the thickets just se of the Loussac Library this AM--getting rather late. The latest fall season N. Waterthrush dates for AK are...
Dave Erickson sent me some very nice photos yesterday of a second year Heerman's Gull in Homer taken by a? Captain of a water taxi. I don't have other details...
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