Have had a great mix and good numbers of passerines in the yard here today in Turnagain. Quite a few Yellows, Wilson's, Orange-crowneds, with a few Y-rumps...
Delesta Fox and I climbed Bodenburg Butte today (a first for both of us), hoping for some raptor overflights. No joy there, but we saw oodles of Juncos, a lot...
- RBA * Alaska * Fairbanks and Interior * September 6, 2005 * AKFA0509.06 Birds Mentioned Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Golden Eagle Northern Hawk Owl Peregrine...
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Sep 7, 2005 12:43 am
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Pulling into my house this afternoon (South Anchorage - Bayshore) I noticed an odd bird across the street sitting in the neighbor's drive. After having gotten...
Not a local bird here for sure. A lot of folks train there dogs with them and bobwhite quail locally. Also across the inlet from you at Point McKenzie there is...
A couple of weeks ago, my girlfriend dragged me on a garden tour, and one of the houses was on the bluff off the west end of Dimond. It turns out we knew the...
Hey, Just thought I should let you all know that people out on Gambell (Paul Lehman and people from Wilderness Birding) had a Stonechat there on the 6th. It...
There is an eared grebe in Homer as of 2:30pm 9/8. Anyone interested in a road trip tomorrow or Sat. from Anchorage? The bird has been at Beluga lake since...
How unusual is this species in AK? Thanks, Rick Wright Editor, Winging It ... From: brad benter [mailto:benterbird@...] Sent: Thu 9/8/2005 4:38 PM To:...
Rick, Eared Grebe I think has something like two or three records for the state. Luke DeCicco and I found one this last spring in Valdez (which as far as I...
Martin Renner first saw this bird on Monday, Sept. 5 so apparently it's hanging around. The best viewing earlier this week was to scope the middle of the lake...
September 11, 2005 Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report Thursday, Sept 8th, around 10 pm I heard it the instant I stepped outside. A calm, measured, low ...
Just an update on the Eared Grebe. On Saturday Sept 10, it was not seen by Gordon and Peggy Tans, despite searching Beluga Lake for about 3.5 hours between...
I didn't see the grebe. There was an adult Slaty-backed Gull at the end of the spit. David Sonneborn [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Sep 12, 2005 2:28 am
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We looked for about 3 hours on Sunday and did not turn up the Eared Grebe. Had a group of 5 Long-billed Dowitchers show up while we were wading through the...
Monday, September 12 There was an American Coot this evening at the east end of Lake Spenard (near the Millennium Hotel). Dave Sonneborn [Non-text portions of...
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Sep 13, 2005 7:22 am
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Found a bird today that Im not at all sure what it is. I am sure its a juvenile. In Doug Pix Under unknown. Thanks in Advance Doug...
40 minutes north of anchorage and 40 minute hike to top of the butte. Migrant raptors flew well today. Best point of observation was from the southwest...
Cecily, We watched the Sandhills from our yard. They were really noisy and it was great fun watching them fly what looked to be straight up the river to the ...
Here in Western Alaska we have been wondering where all the Red Polls were. A very few were seen early in Spring (mid-May) and then nothing until the very end...
Hi Birders, Most of Alaska's Blackpoll Warblers should now be well on their way to the east coast of North America on their southward migration but some of you...
Today, Sunday, September 18th, we went to Long Lake (about MP 84 of the Glenn Hwy) to watch hawks. We had 210 total hawks in four and a half hours, with 53...
Last week I saw an adult Northern Shrike attempt to take a collared pika. The shrike tried to get the pika for 3 or 4 minutes. It was unsuccessful but it...
Sept. 19. After two weeks of strong gusty winds and almost continual heavy rain the full moon brought us a change in weather pattern. Sunday and today are...
Hey all! Emily Drew and I were treated to spectacularly horrible weather during the round-trip ferry ride from Juneau to Pelican yesterday. As most birders...
There was also a great flight of Sandhills at Portage on Saturday September 17, near dusk. I estimated 700 sandhills in several flocks. Portage Pass was...