Thanks Aaron for the informative report and for organizing this trip. On the trip separating Marbled Murrelets from Kittlitz's was primarily based on plumage...
Still, after at least 12 years, the Red-throated Loon continues to 'charge' boats as they idle through the mouth of the Deshka..the Loon performs the 'Penquin...
The Loon chick near our place on Big Lake was found dead about a week ago with a crushed skull and broken beak. The 'chick' was placed on the small island...
Hi Birders, The AOU has just released the 52nd Supplement to the Check-List of North American Birds. You can download a .pdf copy at <http://www.aou.org/>....
Mixed, frenzied flocks of sparrows and warblers have been moving through the yard and feeding. Today in addition to the yellow & yellow rumped warblers,...
In with the hundreds of Short-billed Dowitchers were 115 Surfbirds (5 adults and the rest juvs.) At the Mouth of ship Creek there were 300-500 gulls, mostly...
A few days ago a my kids and I were in the Kenai Mountains above the Palmer Creek Road east of Hope and had a male Rufus Hummingbird fly by us at 3,500'...
Toby - remarkable observation of a raven capturing a ptarmigan in flight! Can you provide any more details? For example, did you see if the raven killed the...
The two loon chicks are now 11 days old and growing fast! They were seen on the nest at least three different times today. Since they are spending less and...
After capturing the White-tailed Ptarmigan on the wing the Common Raven immediately, while still in flight, appeared to sharply peck the ptarmigan behind the...
There were two (possibly three or even four from the calls) Northern hawk Owls around our pond area morning through evening on Wednesday. They were very...
I had the first significant push of passerines this AM over the yard in Turnagain. Dozens of warblers and sparrows moving mostly sw and calling actively. Most...
Wednesday morning's high tide at Westchester hosted lots of the regulars, but in different numbers than the last few days. There was a decent sized flock of...
On 8/3 I counted 125 Surfbirds on the westerly island at Westchester Lagoon. Rich Macintosh and I drove from Anchorage to Homer today, 84 and had a juv....
Yesterday my wife and I took a birding guest out to Seward to board a Kenai Fjords 6hr national parks tour. The weather was rainy off and on but thankfully...
On the Kachemak Bay Birders field trip this morning (Sat.) to the mouth of the Anchor River we saw a juvenile Sabine's Gull that was fairly close to the beach....
Dave Sonneborn, Rich MacIntosh and I left from the Homer harbor in Dave's skiff this morning and had a 4 murrelet day in Kachemak Bay! The highlight was our...
1 Caspian Tern this evening over Mud Bay, Homer Pair of Swans (Trumpeters I imagine - too far to be positive) on Beluga Lake with 4 - yes 4 - cygnets. En route...
KACHEMAK BAY BIRD ALERT INFORMATION LINE August 6, 2011 A LONG-BILLED MURRELET was seen again on the 6th about a half mile offshore from Aurora Lagoon and then...
We had a Solitary Sandpiper make a quick stop at our driveway August 6. We live a bit above Elmore Rd. off Rabbit Creek Road. Perhaps it was on its way to...
I've had two woodpeckers visit me this weekend. First I had a Three-toed woodpecker in a spruce tree on the north side of my clearing. As usual he stayed on...
Welcome birders, this is the St. Paul Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 1 through August 7 sponsored by St. Paul Island Tours. The following sequence of...
Hi Birders, You can now download the latest AOU Check-list of North American Birds at <http://www.aou.org/checklist/north/full.php>. The checklist has been...
Greetings, Around 5:45pm on 8 August, Peter Scully, Andy Bankert and I observed 5 golden-plovers on the mud off of Chester Creek. Four of these birds were...
I had a female Rufous visit my yard at 8:45 PM Aug. 8. It was feeding on my delphiniums and stayed a few minutes. I now have a feeder set up but have not...
There were 17 E.Starlings pulling worms out of the yard...I am open for any suggestion as to HOW TO ELIMINATE THEM... Anchorage Code restricts shooting... The...
A couple of years ago, we looked into shooting Starlings when there were only 120 on the Christmas Bird Count. The APD told us that shooting a pellet gun in...
