Yesterday I wandered around Dredge Lakes looking for Gus's Cedar Waxwing, but didn't find it. I did manage to scrounge up a nuthatch at Norton Lake and a drake...
Heard a red-breasted nuthatch in the yard (Back Loop - River Rd) last night for the first time in months. We used to have at least 5 at our feeders in winter...
Kim Titus & Deb Rudis
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Jun 3, 2004 6:39 am
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Hello Friends and Eagle Chatters, If you are interested in checking out the songbird banding station at Mendenhall glacier this summer, and have not been out...
gwen baluss
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Jun 4, 2004 12:23 am
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fyi - I'm forwarding a message from the Alaska Science Center looking for help in locating flocks of Canada geese in Southeast for a July banding project. Hi...
We had 19 people on our bird walk this morning; a great turn out and a nice group. Birding was relatively slow and we didn't locate any of what we consider...
Just a quick update; the Tennessee Warbler is still present at the same location, and there is a second Tennessee Warbler equally vocal at the opposite end of...
According to a note I received from the Alaska Conservation Foundation, in August Life Achievement Awards will be made to Mary Lou & James King at a ceremony...
macphail
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Jun 7, 2004 3:44 am
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Hi all, heard and observed an immature male redstart at noon at Dredge lakes. It was at the junction of the lake trail and the trail to the river. Also could...
The Godfather Of His Flock At 85, America's Top Birder Is Still Guiding People to Ornithology By Susan DeFord Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, June 7,...
Kim Titus & Deb Rudis
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Jun 9, 2004 6:34 am
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Howdy all, I ran across a brownheaded cowbird last night (Thursday, 5/10) while out walking our horse (appropriately enough). It was searching for insects...
Hi, folks. Here is the draft spring migration bird report for Juneau. Please let me know by late afternoon on Monday June 14, if you have proposed changes or...
Yesterday evening, there were a Hudsonian Godwit and a Bar-tailed Godwit at the mouth of the Salmon River in Gustavus. Sadly, the Hudsonian had a bad leg...
Now if I could just get the waiter's attention, I'd order...
macphail
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Jun 13, 2004 12:47 am
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Great picture, Deanna. Looks like Gus is calling on the Great Spirit to send us a Virginia Rail while the rest of us are bowed in humble meditation....
I am not sure if this is a big deal or old news but I saw a morning dove at the community garden today at 5pm. pretty easy id. ... From: steve zimmerman To:...
Kim Titus & Deb Rudis
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Jun 13, 2004 2:44 am
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We had a nice day at the bird-banding station off the moraine ecology trail. Captures included at least 3 flashy male ruby-crown kinglets, 1 female rcki, 2 ...
gwen baluss
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Jun 13, 2004 11:58 pm
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This is UNCONFIRMED, but worthwhile for birders to take a second look at soaring birds in the valley area. two fish biologists reported to me this morning, ...
gwen baluss
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Jun 14, 2004 5:54 pm
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The tennesse warbler which was discovered during the bird walk on June 5 is still being sighted (and heard). As before, the bird was near Moose Lake on the...
Hi Steve: well, I spaced out; you don't have to mess with these if it's too late. I only have a few that would be additional or new things: Peregrine Falcon,...
Hi, Mark. Thanks for the updates. I still have time to add your reports of birds that are occasional or rarer in spring in Juneau. Thanks also for your very...
Gee, I hate it when I do that. Sorry Eaglechatters. My feeble birding comments were meant for Steve's eyes only. My thanks for his good work, however, needn't...
I know. It drives me crazy that I so often think I am responding to a message from Deanna or Mark or whoever and then my response goes out to everybody on...
Scanning from my deck (Bayview, North Douglas) at about 1:30 pm today (6/15) I can see two Caspian Terns standing on one of the sand bars off the mouth of the...
Hi all! First off, I had a nice fly over of the Black-headed Grosbeak today around 5pm today (tues). I was watching some Mergansers in Loon Lake at the...
Tonight (Wednesday) around 9pm there was a very interesting mix of ducks in the pond next to the gazebo on the Dike Trail: 10 or 12 Shovelers 2 Wigeon 3...
Community gardens, a fine Sapsucker morning. nothing extraordinary, common yellowthroats were common; western wood peewee called constantly. Mallards in...
