For the past few days, I have seen 3-4 rusty blackbirds just up the trail at the Dredge Lake trailhead by the new Forest Service office parking lot. I saw...
I wondered if the very late rough-legged hawk had stuck around and survived the recent cold spell. Lo and behold, it was near the airport this afternoon...
I was on Admiralty Island (at the Admiralty Cove cabin) last weekend, and with the windchill at -20, there was more activitiy than I expected! Chickadees and...
Greetings, birding and refuge friends, The Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge needs new board members for the advisory board. We are officially constituted...
This week, 12/13, join Michelle Kissling for a presentation on "The Elusive Kittlitz's murrelet". This is a free event, bring your friends. Also, if you have...
This is for Juneau birders who plan to participate in this year's Christmas Bird Count. The Juneau Christmas Bird Count will be held this year on Saturday,...
I did some birding this morning given it was the start of our count week for the CBC. I found birding really slow where I went. On the way home I made a...
I would like to thank Mark Schwan for posting his wood duck sighting! I stopped there this morning about 10am and saw all three of the wood ducks in with some...
There was a Swamp Sparrow in grasses along the shore of Bartlett Cove today. This bird has been at that spot since at least November 14. I have caught...
I took a picture last winter of a Gull that I am having trouble identifying. I think it might be a Glaucous-winged x American Herring Gull hybrid, but I've...
We are at 72 with two major routes yet to report. Among the species new to the count are swamp sparrow, rough-legged hawk, red-tailed hawk, and ruby-crowned...
Now that the Juneau Christmas Bird Count is behind us, and our count week is over, I thought I'd post a quick summary of our count. Thanks to everyone who...
After hearing about a possible paler snow bunting in a large flock of snow buntings on the Mendenhall Wetlands, Mark Schwan and I went out there yesterday to...
Greetings, birders, I'd like to add some color to Paul's description of the Mendenhall Refuge high tide bunting expedition yesterday. As I was heading out the ...
This morning I counted at least 120 Bohemian Waxwings together near my office downtown. 7th and Harris by Youth Hostel. It was one flock spread out between...
There was a Brambling at our feeder this afternoon. It was with juncos, chickadees, two White-crowned Sparrows, and a nuthatch. We had just returned home...
That must be the Brambling that was rambling in my area in November, quite out of his/her realm! Just kidding about yours being the same one as mine. ...
Had a flock of >100 redpolls in our neighborhood on River Rd., flying into the tall cottonwoods on 12/31. -Deb Rudis...
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A big flock of pine siskins, conservatively way over 500, first reaction was 1,000 lumping groups of birds, came through the meadows off Wren Drive (Back Loop,...
This morning about 10:00 AM there was a white-throated sparrow at the cemetery in downtown Juneau. It was with a large flock of juncos in the upper part of...
On Sunday, a yellow-billed loon was near Pt. Louisa on the Auke Rec. side of the point. Also, a small flock of black turnstones periodically landed on the...
Yup'ik Country Birding Discover Alaska's newest birding destination - the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Join us for a free public lecture by Karla...
In this month's "Birder's World" the Hotspots section contains a brief birding area description of Sabino Canyon, Tucson, AZ written by our lately-very-own...
I have been watching a bird I'd call a Western Grebe for about a month, about 3/4 mile past the Auke Bay Recreation area. It stays far out, away from the...
Late this afternoon while walking around the dredge islands off from the Rotary platform/deck on Egan Drive, I spotted 5 Brant in with some Canada Geese in the...
Greetings, friends, Your help is needed to find a lost item along the Mendenhall River and wetlands. A fisherman lost a white canvas book bag with City Lights...
Hey, a quick follow up to my posting yesterday regarding the Brant. I didn't spell Izembek correctly. A place of such ornithological significance should be...
Hi, Mark. We have seen Brant during the winter a few times over the last many years, and, specifically with the group of Canada Geese near Sunny Point. It's...
