I spent an hour or so looking for hawks migrating along the ridge above the cross on Mt Roberts late this morning. Unfortunately, the sun disappeared shortly...
117
Mary Jefferson
mjefferson@xxx.xxxx
Sep 21, 1999 6:37 am
I have a bit of a problem. A friend sent me a scanned picture of a bird that her grandson took here in Juneau asking me what I thought the bird was. To be very...
118
Nina Mollett
ninam@...
Sep 21, 1999 3:00 pm
We have a calendar and web pages, which people are welcome to use, although nobody has been doing so...you should be able to upload a graphic onto our ...
119
Mary Jefferson
mjefferson@xxx.xxxx
Sep 21, 1999 5:30 pm
The picture of the bird, such as it is, has been downloaded on the Eaglechat site. http://www.onelist.com/files/Eaglechat/ takes you there. I apologize for the...
120
Nina Mollett
ninam@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 21, 1999 9:59 pm
Mary, I would stop being apologetic about this picture! It's terrific. It is not every day that you get such a neat picture of a woodland hawk, just minding ...
121
Jeff Bouton
jbouton@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 21, 1999 10:06 pm
Mary, I love mystery birds!!! Please forward a copy to me. Thanks, and good birding, Jeff Bouton Port Charlotte, FL jbouton@... PS - in case your...
122
Mary Jefferson
mjefferson@xxx.xxxx
Sep 21, 1999 10:33 pm
Here is the bird..................... ... From: Jeff Bouton <jbouton@...> To: Eaglechat@onelist.com <Eaglechat@onelist.com> Date: Tuesday, September 21,...
123
Steve Zimmerman
stevezimmerman@xxx.xxxx
Sep 21, 1999 11:49 pm
Hi, Mary. Looks like a good picture of an immature Sharp-shinned Hawk sitting in an area containing Hemlock and Mountain Ash trees. If you have a copy of ...
124
Jeff Bouton
jbouton@...
Sep 22, 1999 10:52 pm
Mary and all, As Steve already mentioned the bird is indeed an immature Sharp-shinned Hawk. Below I've added a few notes on what clues the picture offered to...
125
Nina Mollett
Nina.Mollett@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 23, 1999 12:18 am
Thank you Jeff for a great analysis! People, I've been birding with this guy who we seem to have lost to the wilds of Florida. He looks in the sky and before ...
126
Nina Mollett
Nina.Mollett@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 23, 1999 12:43 am
On another subject, I was sorry to read that Mark doesn't have time to keep up his Recent Bird Sightings page any more. He's been doing a great job of ...
127
Mary Jefferson
mjefferson@xxx.xxxx
Sep 23, 1999 5:03 am
Thank you to everyone who looked at the bird and sent such nice messages. They have been forwarded to the young photographer. I understand he is now thinking...
128
Jeff Bouton
jbouton@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 24, 1999 5:01 pm
All, I just received word that a North American first Yellow-browed Warbler was discovered by Paul Lehman and a WINGS tour group in Gambell, St. Lawrence ...
129
Steve Zimmerman
stevezimmerman@xxx.xxxx
Oct 12, 1999 10:02 pm
Hi, everybody. I just got back from a 2.5 week trip to the east coast. I spent a couple of days birding on Martha's Vineyard and then traveled to Monhegan...
130
Nina Mollett
ninam@xxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 31, 1999 1:30 pm
Went out to the Boy Scout Beach yesterday morning. It started out rainy, then patches of blue sky appeared, in the distance, and I watched them, from under...
131
Robert Armstrong
boba56@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 31, 1999 8:07 pm
Last night I directed a full spectrum light through the dining room window to attract insects. This in turn attracted a bat, which we enjoyed watching while it...
132
sandy harbanuk
sandyharb@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 11, 1999 1:15 am
The JRC will release a saw-whet owl on Thursday, Nov. 11, at noon. We plan to let it go in the parking lot at the Church of the latter Day Saints, 5-mile...
133
Nina Mollett
ninam@xxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 11, 1999 11:53 pm
Took a walk in the rain with Steve Zimmerman this morning at Fish Creek, it was pretty quiet, first bird we saw was a flicker, nothing else uncommon: magpies,...
134
Andrea Swingley
aswingley@xxxxxxxxxx....
Nov 18, 1999 8:15 pm
Greetings! The Alaska Bird Observatory is working hard on compiling our next newsletter. Many of our members are scattered throughout Alaska. We are...
135
Mary Jefferson
mjefferson@xxx.xxxx
Nov 20, 1999 9:27 pm
I swear I saw a Harris sparrow underneath the feeders by the house this morning......Orange beak, with breast with a black area in the center.....Larger than...
136
Steve Zimmerman
stevezimmerman@xxx.xxxx
Nov 20, 1999 11:34 pm
Hi, Mary. Harris's Sparrows are seen occasionally in Juneau although we often go several years without a sighting This is the likely time of the year to see...
137
Mary Jefferson
mjefferson@xxx.xxxx
Nov 21, 1999 12:56 am
I got a good look at the bird (i.e. 2 feet away) and had to resort to the bird book. A Harris sparrow was the only thing that fit the bill. I will let you know...
138
Mary Jefferson
mjefferson@xxx.xxxx
Nov 30, 1999 7:57 pm
Chuck Freymuller, my neighbor, on Lee Smith Drive has had three (or more) Harris sparrows in his yard. Dr. Sonneman (??) from Anchorage saw them yesterday. One...
139
sandy harbanuk
sandyharb@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 30, 1999 8:10 pm
I believe that the doctor's name is Dr. David Sonneborn. We had a northern pygmy owl preeening itself in the tree in front of our house on Starr Hill just...
140
sandy harbanuk
sandyharb@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 30, 1999 8:15 pm
From: "Mary Jefferson" <mjefferson@...> Chuck Freymuller, my neighbor, on Lee Smith Drive has had three (or more) Harris sparrows in his yard. Dr. Sonneman...
141
Steve Zimmerman
stevezimmerman@xxx.xxxx
Dec 8, 1999 2:26 am
Some of you may have heard that Marge Ward and friends saw a Brown Shrike in Sitka on Friday, November 26. She re-found the bird on Monday, November 29....
142
Nina Mollett
ninam@xxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 16, 1999 4:09 pm
Don't forget the Christmas bird count Saturday, we're meeting at the two McDonald's restaurants by 8 AM. People who want to count downtown or in Douglas meet...
143
Nina Mollett
ninam@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 15, 2000 7:01 am
There's a beautiful male evening grosbeak, rare in Alaska, hanging out on the ground and low branches by the metal staircase leading from 6th to 7th on Seward,...
144
Paul Suchanek
paulms@xxx.xxxx
Jan 16, 2000 2:56 am
Paul Suchanek here: A white-throated sparrow reappeared at my feeder today in North Douglas after not being seen for over a month. I suspect the cold weather...
145
Robert Armstrong
boba56@...
Feb 4, 2000 5:08 am
Gus etc: Thanks for the info on the Ivory Billed Woodpecker -- fascinating -- I hope they find it. On a much less scale of importance I have had two reports of...
