Hello birders, With McKay's Buntings now being seen on the mainland, I would like to encourage birders to closely examine any Plectrophenax bunting (i.e., Snow...
Saturday there was an adult and three juv. Cedar Waxwings with a flock of about 40 Bohemian Waxwings at Dave Erickson's House on East End Road in Homer. We...
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Nov 7, 2005 8:36 pm
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My son Henry and I saw a Boreal Chickadee on Saturday at our house in downtown Anchorage. We have not seen it since. Bob Armstrong lists them as rare. Sheila...
- RBA * Alaska * Fairbanks and Interior * November 7, 2005 * AKFA0511.07 Birds Mentioned Great Grey Owl Northern Hawk-Owl Boreal Owl Dark-Eyed Junco ...
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Nov 8, 2005 1:38 am
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These observations, which could benefit by review from locals, were made on a trip to the Anchorage area and the Kenai Peninsula from 3 Sept - 15 Sept of this...
This afternoon (Nov. 8) I saw three red-winged blackbirds along Campbell Creek, just west of C Street. I believe they were first-year males; very dark and...
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report 20º cold snap and high winds has finally given way to a skiff of fresh snow, followed by ...
Dave, I haven't seen a response to your questions yet, so I'll give it a try. Both Barrow's and Common Goldeneyes may be found throughout southcentral AK, ...
Last summer I went birding several times on the Rainbow Connection-a whale watching boat out of Homer. There were 1000's of shearwaters and the vast majority...
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Nov 11, 2005 6:34 am
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Tuesday morning I got one of those very quick glimpses of a Falcon out my dining room window a The Earthquake Arms. It was too quick for a 100% positive ID,...
Thanks a bunch Gordon. Got a couple responses, but yours was the most comprehensive. It was so long ago people probably ignored it, but I just got around to...
We can get gyrs in Anchorage during the winter months. To add to that, a falconer I know has had his gyr go AWOL. He lives in Peters Creek and I think he's...
In a message dated 11/11/2005 12:40:56 AM Alaskan Standard Time, wkeys_99503@... writes: Stacy, what color was the gyrfalcon you saw at Elmendorf? Mine...
We'll see what the locals submit on your prospects of seeing a gyrfalcon there, but for identification purposes, remember that a gyr will tend to be very...
Friday, November 11, 2005 Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report What a beautiful day! The sun shone between a layer of scattered clouds, the wind took a rest,...
Hi Carla, Last winter at the end of December, two first year males spent a week or so in Butte, Alaska up here in the Mat-Su Valley. There are photos of them...
Wow Carol. To heck with living here in the mat-su in winter. We're moving to homer! Thanks for the great reports, we enjoy them tremendously. Paul and...
Had our first Pine Grosbeaks at the house today. 3 females and 2 males. We have more BC chickadees than ever around the house. Unfortunatly 2 of them have...
Today I saw 26 starlings in one flock in Anchorage at 14th and K street -- twice as many as I have ever seen before in AK, including Juneau and Butte. A sign...
Gordon...a few years ago in College Village, we had one or two...the other day I had a flock of over 35+ in a tree. They seem to prefer the spruce trees,...
Fortunately, the only starling I've heard about here in Fairbanks involved the discovery of a dried-up carcass of one near the barn at Creamer's Refuge a few...
There always used to be a couple of hundred Starlings on the Hamilton's Farm behind the fairground in Palmer. When they closed there operation a year or so...
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Nov 13, 2005 7:42 am
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Hey Keys, sorry for the late post. From your description I'm guessing you had a gyrfalcon. Sometimes they can be tough to ID, even if you see a lot of them....
Two or three summers ago, Cecily and I saw a starling near MP 122 of the Glenn highway. (Just this side of Eureka) It is the farthest east I've seen one in...
November 13, 2005 Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report Photos posted. For those of you who have not yet seen the Rusty Blackbirds, there were 5 today in the ...
Since I just returned to Alaska after being Outside for several months, I have been out of the loop (I organized and contributed to the purchase of 2400 acres...
Hello all, Following on the heels of Dave Sonneborn's report of Cedar Waxwings last weekend, I spent the last 3 days birding in Homer. On Sunday (11/13) I did...
Went for one of my usual walks around Goose Lake this morning. No unusual and not many usual birds to report, but I saw a fox cross the trail and go into the...
I'm always humbled by the generosity displayed by fellow birders around the world. In preparation for a recent trip to Alabama (my first time there), I posted...
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