Huffman & Birch Rd areas mid-Hillside COMMON REDPOLL BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE BOREAL CHICKADEE BLACK BILLED MAGPIE COMMON RAVEN Anchorage Coastal Refuge..south...
I was finally coerced to go skiing today, and I'm glad I did. I'm not a huge fan of snow, and was even less enamored after going down a slight hill on my face...
We spent the morning killing our car battery, but before that, in approximate chronological order: Home (Arctic/Dimond area): Common Raven Black-billed Magpie ...
Finally found a Cedar Waxwing with the Bohemian flock (about 175-- all our Mt. Ash berries disappeared in one day!) It was sitting quietly by itself off to...
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Jan 2, 2008 3:43 am
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I watched an adult Sharp-shinned Hawk kill an adult common redpoll feeding below my feeders. It all happened very quickly and the hawk flew only 15 feet to my...
As reported in late Nov/early Dec, Joe and I have thought there were two Orange-Crowned Warblers here in Sand Lake (Anch) - finally today after many days/hours...
Greetings, Seems to be an outstanding winter for sparrows this year here in Seward. This morning I birded over at the LeVann's backyard (on 4th ave between...
In addition to suet, peanut butter, and an occasional small sunflower chip, the overwintering orange-crowned warbler I have also drinks water several times a...
A quick noon time 5 min drive by of the Ship Creek hatchery area ponds & open water areas near the damn produced: Common Goldeneye Dipper Barrow's Goldeneye ...
The Brambling is still coming to our feeders on Mansfield Ave. near Homer. This is the same one mentioned by George Matz and Todd Eskelin. We first saw him...
We have seen a dramatic increase in the number of Gray-crowned Rosy Finches on Mansfield Ave east of Homer (1200 ft. elevation). A few started showing up in...
Townsend's Solitaire this morning with a few robins here at Seaside cleaning up on the last chokecherries and mt. ash. Got a distant photo. Still have...
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Jan 5, 2008 8:34 pm
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RA was looking out a few minutes ago and asked what the heck. Well I take a peek and what the heck was a Rusty Blackbird. Grabbed the camera and headed out....
Hiked 3 miles along the frozen shore line from the point nearest Fire Island east. Saw 2 ravens, 2 magpies, and about 8 Bohemian Waxwings....nice walk, slow...
First Varied thrush sighting of the winter here yesterday and today-- eating millet seeds with sparrows, under the spruce trees. .! Also Townsend's Solitaire...
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Jan 7, 2008 1:03 am
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I saw a Northern Shrike this morning at about 10:30 where North C Street crosses Ship Creek. It had first winter plumage and was perched at the top of a tree,...
We have been seeing snow buntings fairly regularly at the Plant Materials Center for about a month. A couple of times just before Christmas I noticed one bird...
Drove down to Seward with Dave Sonneborn this morning for a little coastal birding. In Seward we were on our way to meet Carol Griswold when we were delayed...
Hi Birders, Yes, there's Snow Buntings at PMC (Plant Material Center in the Butte), and Charlie Sartor's akbirding report of January 8th was correct. There's...
On my way back to Anchorage from the PMC, I stopped briefly at the Eklutna Trailrace pond & "state park" on the Old Glenn Highway. There was single Tundra Swan...
Homer Sat 1/16/08 Aaron Lang and I located a very dull Harris's Sparrow at Mossy Kilcher's feeder today. Â The bird is hanging out with a group of juncos and a...
Thanks to Bob Winckler's excellent directions I was able to find the buntings at around 11:45 today (1/13). A small plane passing over caused them to fly from...
After futilely chasing an oddly light-brown Bohemian Waxwing all around downtown Seward for the past week, I was lucky today to see it right outside my window,...