Hi all, Well I'm glad to report that I am finally getting some Common and Hoary Redpolls to my feeders. They aren't in big numbers like last year, but they...
Went out this afternoon around Delta Junction and saw a Hairy Woodpecker on a telephone pole, a flock of mixed Hoary and Common Redpolls along with a male and...
Greetings fellow birders! I am a birder from central Michigan who will be traveling to Fairbanks on June 29th with 7 other family members. We will be joining...
I can answer most of your questions, but first--will you be renting a car or going to other places in Alaska? There are some great one to two-day trips out of...
Thanks for the info. I tried responding directly but not sure if you got it. I'll be traveling with 12 family members. My brother in Fairbanks has a van and...
Hello Birders of the North. I am coming on a backpack/river rafting trip with Ramona Finnoff's ABEC organization in June and am interested in birds that we may...
Here is some information for birders coming to Fairbanks, based on lots of questions I've received over the years. Nancy DeWitt Boreal Owls are one of the most...
Ms. DeWitt, thanks you very much for the great info. Looks like I'll be there during the slow summer season and will have to work harder. I am greatly...
The first returning migrants were reported by Tim Walker today--several Snow Buntings at the Water Wagon place off Chena Pump and the Parks Highway....
I've received more reports of Snow Buntings in Tok and along the Alaska highway between Canada and Delta Junction. The first Golden Eagle report I've heard...
I've received more reports of Snow Buntings in Tok and along the Alaska highway between Canada and Delta Junction. The first Golden Eagle report I've heard...
(Sorry--when I hit "return" my message is posting before I'm finished...) I've received more reports of Snow Buntings in Tok and along the Alaska highway...
Hi Nancy and all, I'm temporarily back in Alabama. I should be back to Delta around mid-April. Hopefully I'll be there before your youth trip and can scout ...
Hey all, Well yesterday night, Jim and Nancy DeWitt and myself finally got out Owling on Standard Creek Rd. From around 9:30-11pm we heard 10 Boreal Owls, and...
Hi- I know there have been some around all winter, but it seemed like a good sign of spring to me that there were 2 Northern Shrikes in our yard last night. I...
Hey all, This morning (4/6) I recieved a report from one of my friend's dad that he had seen two geese (Canada's I'm assuming) on the Chena river, just above...
Looks like Nick's friend was right, as the first goose arrived at Creamer's Refuge yesterday. That same day, Frank Williams saw a Sharp-shinned Hawk near...
Hey all, I just have another couple birds to add to Nancy's list of new arrivals. My friend and I went to Creamer's Field today (4/7) and found a flock of...
Mark Ross spotted about 20 herring Gulls along the Chena River by the Carlson Center this morning. July Williams reported that the Snow Bunting flock at...
Hi- after such a warm and sunny day yesterday and the news of Canada Geese in town, I was not very happy today when it snowed all morning! However, it has...
We had a flock of five male juncos show up at our cabin at 52 Mile Chena Hot Springs Road this morning. There's a very desperate-sounding Great Horned Owl in...
Jim and I drove down to Creamer's about an hour ago (which was 6:30 PM—the times attached to the postings on this site seem to be about 8 hours ahead of...
Nancy and everyone else, Ed Clark and myself scoped the SNBU flock today (around 2-4pm) after Ed had heard about what Frank had saw. We were at Creamer's for...
Audie Bakewell from Paxson saw several White-tailed Ptarmigan along Summit Lake between MP 192--194 of the Richardson Highway. He thinks the Arctic Man...
Today some of my friends and I went to Creamer's field to see what was going on. Two Trumpeter Swans had showed up, along with some Cackling Geese, Herring...
Harlan's (Red-tailed) Hawks have started to pass through the Fairbanks area. One was reported over the UAF campus and another was sighted over Salcha today. ...
The first American Tree Sparrow in Fairbanks was reported on Wednesday, and Mark Ross saw one at the Creamer's Refuge Visitor Center today. Mark also saw a...
On Thursday my mom had a hawk with dark wingtips and light wings soaring around our house. I showed her a pic of a Male Northern Harrier, and she said that...
The northern hawk owl phenomenon is interesting. I've been seeing multiple birds all around Fairbanks and vicinity. I suspect that these sightings are directly...
Nicholas Hajdukovich, my husband Jim, and I had a great drive from Fairbanks over to the Delta Junction area yesterday. The hawks are really moving through in...
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