As things in the valley are slow with the below zero temps, I thought I'd share this amazing article from the BBC. The sound produced by a male Anna's...
Hi Birders, The 2008 edition of the "Checklist of Alaska Birds," (14th Edition) compiled by Dan Gibson, S. C. Heinl, and T. G. Tobish, Jr., is now available...
After looking at 18 million redpolls over 14 years since I saw my first and until now only hoary redpoll, I finally found a hoary among the bunch in our back...
After the 10 inches of snow that fell a week ago, the large flocks of Butte buntings had dwindled down to only 11 birds there last weekend. Charlie Sartor and...
Scott and Becky Hauser and I went to Girdwood where the wind was 23 gusting nearly 40 out of the north which made viewing conditions poor and at least partly...
I had earlier reported that I had confirmed sightings of House Sparrows in Shishmaref this fall (October). Yesterday I was able to take photos of two...
I've had a Northern Shrike in my area for several days - appears to be an immature. See him several times a day flying about but late yesterday afternoon he...
An adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK cruised through Government Hill today, roughly nearish to where the Brambling action has been. No Brambling today. As the Anchorage...
In recent weeks, there have been three instances around Kodiak of lone Bohemian Waxwings landing on Christmas wreaths and investigating the plastic berries on...
Greetings, Mary and I took a few days off from Alaska winter birding (gasp!) and went down to the Anza-Boreggo Desert just east of San Diego. This birding...
I know that White-tailed Ptarmigan can be a tough bird to track down, and darn near impossible to target. However, I see them regularly throughout the winter...
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I find it especially interesting that House Sparrows have shown up in Shishmaref, condsidering they appear to be undergoing a significant decline worldwide. To...
I did see pine grosbeaks in downtown Juneau for a few days last week (6th street). Last weekend I had my first 2 common redpolls of the winter at my house on...
When we went to Japan in 1986 we had A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan by the Wild Bird Society of Japan. It's a great pocket size, but it's out of print and...
I recently contacted a list member off-list for directions to specific birds, in response to his offer of the same. His response was that since I am a...
One thing I was reminded of by an off-list comment is that I've done the same thing that was done to me, I've lumped birders into an all-encompassing...
A debate on birders vs. photographers is not appropriate for this list. Please do not post any more messages about birders vs. photographers. They will be...
Many thanks to Charlie Sartor for originally reporting the Butte McKay's. I thought I would share some interesting information I learned from Cornell's Birds...
Hi Birders, In addition to the interesting information about McKay's that Paul Fritz found at Cornell's BNA Online, some of you may remember one of the early...
Hi again Birders, Make sure that you use the entire link when you connect to the ABA "BIRDING" website (see msg #2448). For some reason, when akbirding splits...
Super windy and about 5 degrees in Juneau today, and the ravens are living it up with aerobatics. I did see something new--ravens sitting on the ground in a...
Next weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count. As always, we count on AK birders to submit counts of species we can't get anywhere else in the US or Canada...
Yesterday one of my photographer friends was on the road on the backside of the Anchorage airport that goes to the detox/recycle center. There was 1 Short ear...
Took a look for the owls that were seen out by the Anchorage airport. No luck. +5 temp wind 20mph+...also took a quick look at Potter's Marsh, nothing seen. ...
A short-eared owls was hunting over the open area beyond the fence near the detox center between 4:15-4:30 PM. Just before I left, it landed in the snow along...
I'd like to thank Doug Lloyd for the heads up on the Short-eared Owl at the airport. We found one in the trees near the composting facility a little after 2...
Anchorage Airport & Coastal Trail Looked again for the Short-eared Owls, no luck. Walked from Pt Woronzoff to the coastal trail MP 7 near the end of the...
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