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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Katherine Hocker
knhocker@...
Feb 4, 2000 8:20 am
Hi folks- Any news on the evening grosbeak? I've been keeping an eye out for it, and have taken two groups of students through that area looking but no luck...
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Steve Zimmerman
stevezimmerman@...
Feb 4, 2000 6:09 pm
Pat Pourchot put out a message on Monday (1/31) indicating that he had quickly found it on that day. His message was sent about 1:30 in the afternoon so he...
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Nina Mollett
Nina.Mollett@...
Feb 4, 2000 6:40 pm
Here's a URL for the story about ivory-bills which Bob must be referring to: http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0001/30/30woodpecker.html Not too many of 'em...
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Robert Armstrong
boba56@...
Feb 5, 2000 5:02 am
Richard Carstensen and I got some beautiful looks at a Great Gray Owl this afternoon (Feb 4). It was in the meadows adjacent to Montana Creek off the back loop...
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Paul Suchanek
paulms@...
Feb 6, 2000 3:55 am
Gus van Vleit relocated the great gray owl this morning about 8:30 AM in the open meadow just past Montana Creek on the way (from Auke Bay) to Wren Drive. We...
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Steve Zimmerman
stevezimmerman@...
Feb 6, 2000 6:58 pm
Sunday--It was a nice morning for finding owls. Lucas Mesdag and I got to the area between Wren Drive and Montana Creek about 7:45 this morning and...
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Kim Titus & Deb Rudis
akwildlife@...
Feb 7, 2000 12:15 am
I found the owl about 2:30 this afternoon in the large sedge wetland off Back Loop that is almost adjacent to MT Ck. The bird landed on a solo alder clump in...
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Kim Titus & Deb Rudis
akwildlife@...
Feb 7, 2000 12:15 am
I found the owl about 2:30 this afternoon in the large sedge wetland off Back Loop that is almost adjacent to MT Ck. The bird landed on a solo alder clump in...
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Steve Zimmerman
stevezimmerman@...
Feb 13, 2000 7:21 pm
Folks have not had much success locating the Great Gray Owl this weekend. On Saturday morning there was a line of 5 or 6 cars pulled off the road and several...
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Nina Mollett
Nina.Mollett@...
Feb 17, 2000 12:48 am
Hi, a message from the moderator - when you sign up for Eaglechat, you can fill in your name, or not. Several of you are simply listed with email addresses,...
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Mary Jefferson
mjefferson@...
Feb 28, 2000 6:27 am
The rusty blackbirds arrived about 10 days ago. They spend the night on Lee Smith Drive. They flew in today about two and spent the rest of the evening in the...
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Paul Suchanek
paulms@...
Mar 2, 2000 4:25 pm
There was a nice male varied thrush near my feeder this AM - migration is on....
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Katherine Hocker
knhocker@...
Mar 2, 2000 7:55 pm
Hi, folks- Heard a junco singing yesterday, just above Harris Street. Any other songsters tuning up? -Kathy...
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sharron@...
Mar 2, 2000 8:08 pm
Hi, I've had singing Winter Wrens for 2-3 weeks in Ketchikan. Sharron Sharron Huffman "We are confronted with Herring Cove Originals...
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Nina Mollett
ninam@...
Mar 6, 2000 3:28 pm
On February 26 five hooded mergansers (two males, two females) showed up on Twin Lakes (the second one) again, they're not migrating, they just got enough open...
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sharron@...
Mar 7, 2000 3:35 pm
Good morning, It's spring now in Ketchikan as far as I'm concerned. I'm hearing VARIED THRUSH whistles this morning. We had a RED-TAILED HAWK in downtown...
