Just letting everyone know. The Ospreys are back !!! The male arrived on Sunday, April 27th, same day as last year. The female arrived Tuesday, the 29th....
Today I took the ferry (F/V Chenega) across Prince William Sound from Whittier to Valdez and then on to Cordova. Since I know a few folks will be taking the...
While checking to see if the town trails were bikeable (just barely), I saw some bird species that I don't think have been reported here yet this season....
Fantastic birds last evening at the end of the road by the airport and Airport Observation Platform! A Snow Goose in with hundreds of Greater White-fronted...
Yesterday morning (May 2nd) at about 6:30 AM I found a beautiful, drumming RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER near the airport at 13 Mile, Copper River Highway, Cordova....
Walking the Volksport 10K today along the Campbell Creek Trail..of the nine species heard and seen: mega Dark-eyed juncos and FOS Yellow-rumped warblers. Taku...
2 pair of Tundra Bean geese ( Anser fabalis serrirostris) just arrived mid morning May 3rd here in Adak. The birds are a little wary but are still providing...
Golden Plover , about a dozen, on mudflats at the head of Kachemak Bay, Homer. Weather again getting stormy, not many shorebirds arrived yet ! Varied Thrush...
I and another (local, I believe) birder named Eric watched a red-throated loon in the waters off of Fish Creek this morning. With my binoculars I saw a pair...
Our local 24hr birdathon concluded Saturday evening, May 3 at 6:00 pm. Held on the first weekend in May, about 30 participated in this year's event,during...
At Potters Marsh on Sunday at noon there were numerous Arctic Terns flying about or staking out nesting sites, FOS for me. Birds now readily seen at the Marsh:...
The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival starts this Thursday! OLD TERN COLONY Aleutian Terns (5/3) and Mew Gulls nesting. Sandhill Cranes, Pintails, Yellowlegs,...
Villages Scenic Parkway...high above Potter's Marsh I was in search of Red Crossbills reported by a friend and saw the FOY swallows. Bald Eagle Hairy...
The Haines Birdathon wrapped up on May 3 with a total of 55 species. This is lower than previous years. The high was 75 species in 2005. (We are pretty new at...
We received another report from a birder that increases our species total for the 2008 Haines Birdathon to 65. Notable in that report were a number of...
May 6th - Beluga Slough from the boardwalk of Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center Five Emperor Geese and a Snow Goose mixed in with White-fronted Geese...
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Birds are moving into the Talkeetna Sewage Lagoon. On my morning constitutional I flushed a flock of five s.b. dowitchers. While squatting behind a snow berm I...
i've posted two pictures of birds new to me that i can't name ..... the odd sparrow came around late fall just before i left on a trip and i forgot about...
6 Emperor Geese were sighted in Beluga Slough mid-afternoon today. Also there with them were: one Snow Goose, several Greater White- fronted Geese and some...
Please Report Color-flagged Hudsonian Godwits and Whimbrels Over the last two years, we have been color-flagging Whimbrels and Hudsonian Godwits on Chiloé...
Hello everyone, Robin, Carol, and I have been hitting the Seward airport ponds and tidal flats on a daily basis and things are getting interesting. Our ...
Pictures in my Album Dougs Pix. A Rubycrowned Kinglet displayin his crown and an Horned Lark. Both from last weekend. Doug Between Palmer and Wasilla...
The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival starts this Thursday! BELUGA SLOUGH 6 EMPEROR GEESE and one SNOW GOOSE were seen in with Greater White- fronted and...
The summer resident Horned Grebe was back at south end of Potter's Marsh,on the railroad side of the Seward Highway this morning. Also 1 trumpeter swan; a...