My wife Susan and I went to do a little tracking and birding in the woods north of Westchester lagoon. On the little hill just north of the sewage station we...
Saw a Northern Shrike capture a small mammal out on the marsh just south of the mouth of the creek at John's Park. Also, Ravens, Bald Eagles, Redpolls, &...
The Brambling reported near McNeil Canyon east of Homer in December and January is still in the area. His visits to our feeders got more sporadic after mid...
The Gustavus Brambling has also continued at the same feeder through today, 3/2. We have pair of Northern Saw-whet Owls using a nest box with a video camera in...
Last weekend I got to spend a couple of fabulous rainy-windy-sleety-frigid days in Ketchikan. So here's a quick rundown of what you can find with a day of...
I am planning on taking a trip to anchorage area, to do some birding and bird photography this spring. I was wondering when is peak bird migration in that area...
There was a very early Pacific Golden-Plover in Gustavus today, 3/8. A photo of the bird is posted in the Gustavus folder. -Nat Drumheller, Gustavus...
Apparently this didn't go through the 1st time I tried, so I'll try again. Maybe its not officially spring, but it sure felt like it today. Cess has been...
Last Thursday, March 6, I saw a magpie with sticks in its beak. When do magpies build nests? A new coworker asked me about a yellow bird she saw at her feeder...
Nice bit of gulling yesterday (3/9/08) around noon at the end of the Homer Spit; right at the ferry dock. There was a 3rd year SLATY-BACKED GULL and a 2nd year...
Not to try and one up you Aaron, well maybe I am. We had an Adult SLATY-BACKED and an Adult GLAUCOUS at the mouth of the Kenai on Friday the 7th. Thing is we...
We spent the night at the Eagle River public use cabin on Saturday night to listen for owls. We went out to listen for owls at 8 pm and immediatly heard a pair...
I was pleasantly surprised to see 4 drake EURASIAN WIGEONS in Mud Bay at mid-tide this afternoon. There were also at least 50 DUNLIN in the Rock Sandpiper...
There has been a White-throated Sparrow hanging around my dad's (Robin Collman) feeder in Seward for quite a while now. I never saw it before now, it seemed to...
For my birthday, my dad got me some new birder binoculars so of course we had to go test them out. At Joe Staabs feeder we saw the Hoary Redpoll that has been...
The Deshka, Big Su and Yentna Rivers are all in good shape for traveling..just be sure you stay on the freight trails... Warm temps in the 20's, strarry nights...
Maybe it should be called a 'preying' mantis! Check out the link below: http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyardbirds/hummingbirds/mantis -hummer.aspx...
Amazing findings from research done by scientists in France and the US show albatrosses can smell food from miles away! Check out the link below. Paul...
Now that birds are in song. Had a D-e Junco singing in Anchorage's north Turnagain neighborhood Thursday PM (3/13) and a Brown Creeper trying its song this AM...
Toby Burke was out today (Friday) and spotted some new additions to the Slaty-backed and adult Glaucous that are present at the mouth of the Kenai River....
I saw what I believe to be a Western Gull in with hundreds of other gulls in the Channel today (taking advantage of fish processing effluent). Photos with a...
Re: Raven nesting habits. There is a Raven nest in a tall spruce tree at the edge of our yard. From it have fledged ravenettes each of the last three years....
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The Northern Saw-whet Owls using the nest box with a nest-camera in Gustavus have at least one egg. The egg was first seen on 3/15. The saw-whet owls were...
Spring must be here: 1. Magpies 'squawking' loudly outside our bedroom window 2. Magpies attempting copulation on a skinny tree branch 3. Magpies breaking...
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