It's always nice to pick up a new yard bird. Today we saw a Steller's Jay at the feeder. I've seen maybe three in Talkeetna over the years, and all in the...
This afternoon I was photographing a Northern Hawk Own, from 50 feet away, when it suddenly pounced on a vole. The Owl was on the fence along the back side of...
Couldn't find the Hawk Owl along the North South runway when I checked this AM. Went out again this afternoon and there it (presumably the same bird) was along...
At Seaside Farm, 8+ Golden crowned Sparrows with the flock of about 7 white crnd. sp. and resident song sparrow. Plus 3 Ruby Crowned Kinglets feeding on suet...
Over the past month of recording at night, I've come up with several mystery calls that I'm hoping for help with. In this e-mail I've summarized and provided...
Matt, Your mystery otter/gull calls sound like your typical run of the mill marbled murrelets. As soon as you said they started at 4am I thought of murrelets...
Today, at Seaside Farm, in HOmer: 1 Goshawk (chasing after pheasants) 10 robins (feeding on mt. ash and chokecherry berries) Bohemian Waxwings (about 50+,...
Today, 11/4/2008, was the forth consecutive day a Northern Hawk Owl has been hunting voles from the back fence at Int. Air Port. It moves back and forth along...
This evening, at dusk, while mountain biking along the powerline cut across the APU trail systems in Anchorage, I came across a very curious Great Grey Owl. I...
Mud Lake, in Palmer, was mostly covered by ice this weekend. I went out there for walks on the lake this last weekend. On Sunday, I saw a Wilson's snipe...
The infamous SLATY-BACKED GULL was spotted by Toby Burke at the Soldotna Landfill on 11/5/08. This is at least 6 winters in a row that a SBGU and possibly the...
Hi Birders, In today's Anchorage Daily News, gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels reported on a digital birdcam for use in and around bird feeders. You can read...
Two SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPERS and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER were reported at the Middle School on the 2nd. A juvenile SHARP-TAILED was also seen at the mouth of the...
Hi Birders, The November 2008 edition of Alaska Fish & Wildlife News has an interesting article on Alaska's Sandhill Cranes. You can read the article at...
A Short-eared Owl was hunting from the airport fence near the Clitheroe Center, (the same area as last year) at 1:15 Saturday afternoon. The Hawk Owl is still...
Nothing too unusual. 4 Hawk Owls, one at Portage, one at Devil's Creek Trail head, one at mile 39.8 Sterling Hwy & one near Anchor Point. 1 Rusty Blackbird at...
On Friday around noon we found and photographed a dunlin in the mix of approximately 5000 rock sandpipers. There was also a short-eared owl hunting well...
I saw a Wilson's Warbler at 4th and L Street, NW Corner, downtown Anchorage on 10/31/08 at about 3pm. Appeared to be a fall male. It was right next to my car...
On Friday, Thede's flock showed up in my yard. There were the Juncos, the White crowned Sparrows, and an Orange Crowned Warbler. There seem to be a bunch of...
HOmer, Alaska, at Seaside Farm, on Nov 9th, saw a lone Peruple Finch female with sparrow flock at my feeders. My first sighting of this species! Was also...
A huge flock of waxwings--at least 500+ --descended on my berry trees today. What a sight. Also a flock of robins are hanging around from 10 to 20 a day. ...
Rusty Blackbird with robins, waxwings, in Mt. Ash trees.! Distinct "Tschak!" call, walking on ground some, poking in leaves for fallen berries . Rather...
3 Hawk Owls, one at the Kincaid Chalet parking lot, & 2 along Raspberry Rd. 1 at the corner of Taniana & the other at the corner of South Airpark. Short Eared...
I ventured up the hill on the side trail that begins at Windy Corner on the Seward Hwy ~1 mile north of Indian on Tuesday 11/11. This spur connects to the...
On 11/11/08 a male Rusty Blackbird was in a tree on the northeast corner of the Glenn Highway and Airport Heights in east Anchorage. Brad Meiklejohn Eagle...
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Yesterday (Tturs) I birded with Dave Sonneborn and Mossy Kilcher in the Homer area. At Mossy's, as usual, there was an abundance of birds. Besides the usual...
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