I'm back in Alaska for a brief time and headed out towards the Delta Junction ag fields yesterday. Not much moving around in the high winds, but a flock of...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Feb 27, 2007 3:28 am
We have had two Ruffed Grouse coming to our feeders every evening for over a week now (we're on Lancaster Drive). Still have a bundle of redpolls coming, too. ...
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Erica Hill
ehill88
Feb 27, 2007 6:15 pm
What are your grouse eating, Nancy? Erica Hill...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Feb 27, 2007 7:33 pm
... Erica, They are picking at the sunflower hearts and black oil sunflower seeds that fall from the feeders. One of them seems to prefer the seeds still in...
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Karla Hart
KarlaHart
Feb 28, 2007 9:30 pm
Birders, If you feed wild birds (only when the bears are in their dens, of course!) and are interested in participating in a national scientific study on food ...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Mar 29, 2007 8:55 am
Chris Harwood asked me to post the following: Kanuti NWR is looking for two enthusiastic "woods-wise" individuals interested in spending about 3 weeks to a...
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npwoodcrafts
Mar 30, 2007 5:46 pm
Last night about 9:15 pm I was walking my dog on the trail at Chena Lakes when a lady (doing the same) pointed and said "LOOK"!!!! Low and behold, gliding...
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glacierbirder
Mar 31, 2007 5:04 am
Hello all! I'm hoping everyone is doing well up there in Alaska... I can't say that I'm missing the weather this winter season, but I certainly miss Alaska...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Mar 31, 2007 7:02 am
Jed, Can you be more specific about where you saw the Snowy Owls at Chena Lakes? It's pretty rare to see them in the Fairbanks area, and folks might want to go...
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Nick Hajdukovich
upupa_epops200
Mar 31, 2007 6:46 pm
hey all, just a quick bird update. A couple weeks ago my dad said he saw a Robin fly over him. I'm not sure of the credibiility of that but it was most likely...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Apr 5, 2007 4:52 am
As I was walking by our picture window this evening I noticed a chickadee sitting frozen in our lilac bush, with his head cocked upwards. That immediately...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Apr 5, 2007 4:59 am
I heard my first Bohemian Waxwings of spring, flying over one of the hotel buildings at Wedgewood Resort around 4 PM today. There were a lot of waxwings in the...
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Steve Dubois
sddubois
Apr 6, 2007 3:41 am
I saw a buteo fly over Delta on April 4. I saw 6-8 small flocks of snow buntings in the Delta area on April 5 as well as one large flock of 100+ on private...
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annette_buenau
Apr 6, 2007 7:14 pm
We were at Chena Hot Springs on April 5th taking a walk up Monument Creek. Not far from the beginning of the trail we saw a wandering tattler in the creek....
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annette_buenau
Apr 7, 2007 7:04 pm
Sorry folks. I must have been tired yesterday when I posted the message about the tattler. It was an Amercian Dipper. I was picturing the dipper, because I...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Apr 12, 2007 6:39 pm
Ted Swem saw single Rusty Blackbirds in two different locations on April 8: the corner of the Steese Hwy and the Johansen Expy, and somewhere along Chena Hot...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Apr 15, 2007 1:39 am
Well, the Canada Geese showed up at Creamer's Refuge in Fairbanks yesterday, and today they were joined by 10 Mallards. Also, four Trumpeter Swans, one Canada...
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Nick Hajdukovich
upupa_epops200
Apr 17, 2007 12:49 am
Hey all, Jim and Nancy DeWitt and myself went to Delta this last sunday. (4/15) Not a ton around, it was still a little early, but migration was definetly...
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Nick Hajdukovich
upupa_epops200
Apr 17, 2007 11:28 pm
Hey all, Just had 3 Common Goldeneyes at my house this morning on the Chena River.That's it. Bird on, Nick Hajdukovich...
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Erica Hill
ehill88
Apr 17, 2007 11:58 pm
Just wondering if anyone else has seen the three swans on the Chena. They look like Trumpeters to me, but I'm not too knowledgeable about swans. I saw them at...
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Steve Holmer
steve_holmer
Apr 19, 2007 5:20 pm
ALERT: Help Stop the Deaths of Millions of Migratory Birds at Communications Towers Every year, as many as 50 million birds die after colliding with tall...
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Seth Beaudreault
sethbeaudreault
Apr 22, 2007 6:28 am
Hey all, I'm a new birder to Fairbanks, just moved here a week ago from Massachusetts of all places. Finally bought a car today and the first thing I did was ...
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Andrea Swingley
aswingley
Apr 22, 2007 5:02 pm
Earlier this morning I was out in my yard and was treated to the lively song of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Ahh, the sounds of spring. Cheers, Andrea -- Andrea...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Apr 23, 2007 6:48 am
Jim, Nick Hajdukovich, Seth Beaudreault and I drove to Delta today with visions of raptors and swans in our heads, but it was sloooow going. We did spot two...
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sethbeaudreault
Apr 24, 2007 4:02 pm
I stopped by Creamer's yesterday evening and among the hundreds of Canada geese were 2 Greater White-Fronted Geese and 4 Trumpeter Swans. I am also 90% sure...
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sethbeaudreault
Apr 24, 2007 7:09 pm
After taking the written test for my Alaska license for the 4th and final time at the DMV on Peger Rd this morning I walked out to hear a Myrtle Warbler...
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Nancy DeWitt
arct1c_warbler
Apr 26, 2007 5:04 am
ABO staff reported arrivals of a single Sandhill Crane, American Robin, and some American Wigeons at Creamer's Refuge today. It looks like Tree Sparrows,...
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annette_buenau
Apr 28, 2007 3:35 am
Walked around Creamer's for a about an hour this morning and the only bird that I hadn't seen in earlier trips was a Northern Shoveler. A friend who was with...
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sethbeaudreault
Apr 29, 2007 7:02 pm
Hi all, I camped along the river off of Chena Hot Springs Rd yesterday, heard & saw a Yellow-rumped Warbler singing from the top of a birch, sallying to catch...
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dorie-chabot977@...
Apr 29, 2007 8:00 pm
THis thing is amazing, just graduated without even turning up a single day. Now fully qualified in a BA and looking to apply for a raise! I'll keep you guys ...
