just now I saw a chickadee with a severly deformed beak that curled down into almost 1/2 circle. this is the first one I've ever seen in the many years I've...
Last week Channel 2 had a brief story about the new owls in South Anchorage. Would anyone happen to know if this nest is publically accessible, and if so...
RBA * Alaska * St. Paul Island, Pribilofs * May 31, 2009 * AKSPI 09.05.31 Hello Birders, this is the St. Paul Island rare bird alert for the week of May...
Chris Maack, Betty Friest, Delesta Fox and Kenna Sue Trickey, walked the Glacier Creek trail in Girdwood, doing a running census of birds. Beautiful weather...
Could someone please give me specific directions to the Bank Swallows? I went to Pt. Woronzof last night and found that I was very adept at not finding...
Dear birding friends, any current or recent information on the location of rarites being seen in or around Gambell is most appreciated. My son and I will be...
I found a Common Greenshank the night of the 3rd up on the tundra above Haven Lake in dense fog. Not your normal hotspot for shorebirds but I will take it. The...
Savannah Sparrows have come to the Miller's Landing and East End Rd. area--nice to hear them all around. The Bank Swallows have returned and overall more...
Come join Anchorage Audubon for fun weekend birding activities. Here are the events going on this weekend. Enjoy! Event: The Potter Marsh-A-Thon Birding...
There were quite a few gulls roosting at high tide at Westchester and to the north. As I gave up trying to find anything and was biking home a SY 2 Sabine's...
If you're planning on going birding at University Lake, please keep an eye out for a cow moose with twins who's been hanging out by the beaver lodge. She...
While this may be a fairly common occurence for locals, eight (mostly male) Hudonian Godwits on the flats at near high tide directly in front of Westchester...
Hello, A Hawfinch was found by Aaron Lang's birding group (Wilderness Birding Adventures) along the Wooley Lagoon road in the rock/willow riverbed about 500m...
Greetings all, Mary,Bob and I are on our way to Hyder,AK. We are driving so there is a lot of ground to cover and the Tok cut-off was very good to us on...
Hawfinch remains at Wooley Lagoon this AM about 10:00 AM. Reports from two other individuals about noon suggested two separate birds. We only observed one in...
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What an incredible day, 7 new species, 3 of which were the first I have documented here. The weather was warm although it looked like it wanted to rain, but...
Friday\ Checked with two friends from Trinidad and at the evening high tide there were about 50 Black-legged Kittiwakes at the Mouth of Ship Creek and 3 ...
Ken and Connie Tarbox found a 1st year Iceland Gull at the Kenai Flats on Saturday. The bird was hanging around the Warren Ames bridge around noon. I thought...
Hi Birders, Many thanks to Dave Sonneborn for the heads-up over the last two days on the Sabine's Gulls. Today the gulls were in with a mixed flock of ...
There were 4 tonight. There may have been an adult Ring-billed Gull but it was to far away to be sure. DS **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See...
I caught a quick blurp that the Costal Trail on the west end of Westchester Lagoon June 9-12, 2009 last evening. Sounded like they are going to be paving. Doug...
Saturday's Potter Marsh-A-Thon was a squawking success! 23 birders on 6 teams showed up to cover the Potter Marsh area from 8:00am until noon. In addition to...
A bad photo of the Sabine's is in the w keys file. He was way out there at 3:30pm, but he was finally there on my 4th trip. persistently yours, w keys spenard...
Hi Alaska birders: Just got back from Gambell a few days ago. This was the second time over the years that we have witnessed an Orca attack at Gambell. This ...
Walked from Hope cottages to Lake Otis this morning. Heard a ruckus near the Tekishla Park playing fields and tracked it down. Magpies, Steller's Jays and...
Hiked in from Hope on Friday to Fox Creek, to East Creek on Saturday, and back out to Hope on Sunday. Here's a list of as many of the birds we saw and heard...