Jill Boelsma of Denali Park had a White-throated Sparrow at her feeder for several days starting on November 4. She lives near mile 214 of the Parks Highway...
John Burch (he works for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, I believe) saw two Snowy Owls flying north over Geist Road towards the UAF Experimental Fields at 5:15...
Monday, November 19th I saw a flock of 30 or so waxwings in the neighborhood near the library. A few days ago I saw a raven taking a snow bath. I have never...
Yesterday I saw one orange colored Grosbeak on the top of a small spruce tree just singing and singing off of Danby Street. It was right near where I parked,...
Hello..I have just today found this page and joined. My favorite part of each day is looking out the window to see who is at my Bird Feeders. Now I know I am...
I had the pleasure of seeing a Northern Shrike fly past me along the NE corner of "Bentley" Pond (east of the Alaska Bird Observatory), clutching what appeared...
Ed Clark passed this message to me yesterday: Judy and I took a late afternoon walk today (Sunday 25 November) around our neighborhood here in College Hills....
I've had a magpie at my feeder almost every day for about the past 2 months or so. On days that I don't see him at the feeders, I usually hear him in the trees...
Hello birders! Welcome Sandra! I am envious of your avian variety!!! (SMILE) We have seen what we believe to be a juvenile Shrike in our neighborhood a few...
We have not seen anything unusual, but most of the winter birds are here in force. About a dozen each of the black-capped and boreal chickadees, and a few...
Terry, The Alaska Bird Observatory is tracking sightings of magpies north of the Alaska Range and would probably love to have a report from you. You can go to...
Thanks for the Welcome! Some bit of wonder that Juncos are hanging around by my place. Since I read those notes I went back to some bird ID books/pics..I am...
Just heard a Boreal Owl singing below our house. Hopefully he'll keep it up for awhile and will try to attract a female to our nest box later this winter. ...
We have noticed that the Red Squirrel in our yard is very territorial. Several times I have seen him chasing pigeons out of our yard! He will come running from...
... Nancy, when driving from Delta to Fairbanks early Tuesday morning I had to pull over and catch a cat nap at the pull out by Munson Slough and there were...
Hey Steve, Sandra (on this list) and someone in Anchorage heard Great Horned Owls hooting on Saturday night. Maybe there was a big change in the barometric...
Hey all. ... We've had a Great Horned Owl hooting near our house (off Miller Hill Road in Fairbanks) on and off for a few weeks, but a second (female?) just...
Exciting! The Horned Owls are very vocal around my area this whole week so far. I actually saw one on Sat night, it flew directly over me! Then sat on a...
Jack Whitman had trouble trying to post this, so I am doing it for him. Many thanks to Jack for information that I find to be very interesting! - Nancy Howdy...
An American Three-toed Woodpecker showed up at our house again this afternoon (off Miller Hill Road). My husband saw it and got some photos. They're not very...
Here is the most recent Fairbanks Rare Bird Alert transcript, compiled by Laurel Devaney for the Arctic Audubon Society's Birding Hotline. The sightings are a...
The Great Horned Owl is still very vocal around my place. I did not hear it at all on 11/28, but every evening I have heard it since then. Now I am hearing it...
Saw a Northern Hawk Owl perched on a power line above the muskeg along the west side of Ballaine Road somewhere between the pullout and Blueberry Preserves...
I was pretty baffled to look out our window and see an odd bird eating seed on our shelf feeder a little while ago. It took a second visit to confirm that it...
The Townsend's Solitaire has been back to our feeder every day this week, so it's now officially a "count week" bird for this year's Christmas Bird Count....
I've had magpies at my feeders for a few years now. Usually just one, so to I'm not too surprised when I see one. Of course, there's no way to know if its the...
The Fairbanks area Christmas Bird Count took place on December 29. An all time record of 40 species have so far been recorded for count week. Notable finds...
Were Common Mergansers seen on the Chena along with the Mallards? We stopped by this afternoon (Jan 1st) and saw a pair of mergansers. The Goldeneyes weren't...
Happy New Year Boreal Birders, Judy and I took a great New Years Day hike up the east ridge section of Granite Tors Trail at mile 39 Chena Hot Springs Road....
Annette, Yes, 10 Common Mergansers were counted on the river on Saturday. A few other highlights from Saturday's count included two American Three-toed...