It is still pre-dawn on 1 October, but I thought I'd add a little more info on the yesterday's SEDGE WARBLER and add some other miscellaneous news from the...
Paul Lehman
lehman.paul1@...
Oct 1, 2007 3:39 pm
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Kathy Kuletz saw a bird quite well last Thursday which she was unfamiliar with on the Coastal Trail just South of ElderBerry Park ( in the memorial garden just...
Dear Birders, No fallout to report, but some really good birds made for an exciting day. Dustin Jones, a local who works for the Ecological Conservation ...
Hi Birders, Checked out Potter Marsh, Lake Spenard and Lake Hood today. Potter was about as quiet as I've seen it at the north and central portions. But I...
Soggy Sunday on the Rabbit Creek Greenbelt Trail between Rabbit Creek Rd & Huffman Rd. Very quiet. 1 Raven, 1 Black Billed Magpie, two flocks of Black Capped...
It must be late autumn in South/Central Alaska - flocks of swans are moving out every day. In Chickaloon Saturday 9/29 we saw flocks of 85+, 35, and 21 flying...
A magpie and juvenile sharp shinned hawk got into a tussle outside the cabin. The hawk flew up and landed on a dead tree branch and stayed for a few minutes...
Tuesday, October 2 Dear Birders, The GRAY HERON on Saint Paul Island continues on Salt Lagoon. This morning it was being harassed by our resident Bald Eagle,...
Bill Tweit and I located two female-type Hooded Mergansers off the parking lot at the east end of Spenard Crossing, around 4:30 PM pm on Tuesday 10/2. There...
I depart Gambell in a couple hours, so this should be my last posting from here this year (unless some "mega" flies over me while I get on the plane!). The...
Paul Lehman
lehman.paul1@...
Oct 3, 2007 11:22 pm
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A juvenile N.GOSHAWK checked out the dog and me in our field today, the first one here in years. Funny, we use to have more when we raised chickens....
Wednesday, October 3 Dear Birders, We did not relocate the Gray Heron today, but it's quite possible that the bird is still on the island; we didn't...
Thursday, October 4 Dear Birders, No sign of the Gray Heron on Salt Lagoon so far today. But 50 mph wind and stinging mist (and blowing sand) don't make for...
The large, nightly rafts of 200-400 male Surf Scoters seemed to have moved through. The smaller rafts of 50-100 female Surf Scoters are still moving through....
Saturday, October 6 Dear Birders, The big news from Saint Paul Island yesterday afternoon was a gorgeous VARIED THRUSH, presumably having arrived on the strong...
Sunday, October 7 Dear Birders, This morning there is a MARSH SANDPIPER on Salt Lagoon here at Saint Paul Island. This is the first record for the island and...
RBA * Alaska * St. Paul Island, Pribilofs * October 6, 2007 * AKSPI 0610.07 Hello Birders, this is the St. Paul Island rare bird alert for the week of...
Gavin Bieber
kingbird77@...
Oct 8, 2007 8:50 am
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Monday, October 8 Dear Birders, We did not see the Marsh Sandpiper today. The day before yesterday we had a WESTERN SANDPIPER (extremely late), and yesterday...
On October 9th a gyrfalcon was present at a road-killed moose at approximately Mile 7 of Hiland Road. Brad Meiklejohn Eagle River, AK ...
BradMeiklejohn@...
Oct 9, 2007 7:03 pm
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I was glad I wore earmuffs and snow sneakers this morning, walking down to Hillstrand Lake from the Goose Lake area. Nice to scuff through all those fallen...
Tuesday, October 9 Dear Birders, First thing this morning I flushed an AMERICAN ROBIN followed a few seconds later by a gorgeous male EURASIAN BULLFINCH above...
I am looking for help with identification of a sparrow I photographed in August. As best I can tell from looking in the field guide, it's a Savannah Sparrow,...
On October 9th I counted 111 trumpeter swans in the Jim Lake/Swan Lake area. Most of the birds were clustered along the north shore of Jim Lake. This area...
BradMeiklejohn@...
Oct 10, 2007 4:57 am
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Hi All, A difficult-to-pin down ARCTIC WARBLER created some excitement this evening as we tried to get good looks and photos of a small, greenish Phylloscopus...
I'm looking for suggestions about where - on the road system - a snowy owl would be able to find appropriate prey. Bird TLC has an adult male ready for release...
Both Tundra & Trumpeter Swans at the marsh today in the same pool. Nice for comparison in the bright sun. Still some small flocks of chickadees & nuthatches...
Your yahoo address bounced, Keys, so I'm going via akbirding, with ... Thanks, Keys. You're not the first to make that offer. Maybe Anchorage is ready for...
Once again we have adult and juvenile cedar waxwings in our mountain ash trees 7.5 miles out East End Road. This is the fourth year in a row for cedars in the...
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