I just had a hummer at our feeder a moment ago. Isn't Spring nice!...
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glacierbirder
Apr 9, 2004 5:11 am
Great birding today on the wetlands. Highlights: - Nothern Harrier (female) - 2 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 very healthy looking Savannah Sparrow - 20+ American...
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Apr 9, 2004 8:28 am
A cheerful greeting this sunny day (noon) from a hummingbird at my feeder! A friend in Thane had one appear last Saturday. My friend scurried around and...
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Andy Smoker
andy.smoker@...
Apr 9, 2004 2:37 pm
So thats where that hummer went, to the neighbors, we weren't fast enough with the feed. This AM just at twilight I jogged down to the Sheep creek bridge & ...
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Paul Suchanek
paulms99824
Apr 9, 2004 8:01 pm
Just wanted to let folks know that the first of the weekly Audubon walks is happening tomorrow. Meet at the parking lot just before Fish Creek at 8.3 Mile...
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glacierbirder
Apr 10, 2004 12:55 am
Hi all! Interesting birding this morning in Cowee Meadows and along the shore (at low tide). Here's some highlights: 3 Snipe 5 Northern Shrikes (at least 5 --...
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bbpaige
Apr 10, 2004 3:31 pm
We counted 21 fox sparrows in our yard's brush pile today, and the species = seems to be abundant generally around Gustavus right now. Is this true of other...
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macphail
bandmac@...
Apr 10, 2004 10:07 pm
The local Audubon Society, along with the Alaska State Audubon Board, is co-hosting an evening with Richard Nelson. His presentation will be on Saturday...
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Paul Suchanek
paulms99824
Apr 10, 2004 10:23 pm
There was a good turnout this AM for the Audubon field trip to Fish Creek with about 20 participants. It was somewhat foggy and drizzly early on with slowly...
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Paul Suchanek
paulms99824
Apr 12, 2004 4:41 am
Today, a group of 4 birders located a flock of 19 mountain bluebirds in the large meadow about 200 yards straight out from the front of the Cowee Meadows cabin...
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Kim Titus & Deb Rudis
akwildlife@...
Apr 14, 2004 6:13 am
Hello All, A friend of mine from Seattle is headed up to Kotzebue and has some questions about birding in that area. If anyone is familiar with birding...
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Andy Smoker
andy.smoker@...
Apr 14, 2004 2:36 pm
Greetings Eagle chatters, I asked Tom Schumacher my neighbor (and an ADF&G wildlife biologist, if you can believe them) to relate his first hand account of an...
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Apr 15, 2004 6:59 pm
The Costco eagles began nesting on Tuesday, April 13 and the McNuggets (a great 2-story nest above the McNugget intersection) began nesting on Wednesday. A new...
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Bach, Sylvia
sylviabach04
Apr 15, 2004 7:07 pm
I am new to this group and I just had to add another nest that is active since last year in 2003. They are the "Mayflower Eagles" that are on the "island"...
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Bach, Sylvia
sylviabach04
Apr 15, 2004 7:16 pm
I also know of another nest. It is behind the USA Federal Credit Union bank, next to Fred Meyer's. It is kind of hard to see but it is there. The nest...
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michelle_kissling@...
michelle_kis...
Apr 15, 2004 10:39 pm
I'm conducting a modest woodpecker research project on the Juneau road system. I am particularly looking for Hairy Woodpeckers and Brown Creepers. If anyone...
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Doug Jones
dougj718
Apr 15, 2004 11:18 pm
There were two Mountain Bluebirds on the wetlands in front of the Mendenhall Golf course this afternoon. I was able to get a couple of photos (one photo ...
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Beverly Agler
skuas
Apr 15, 2004 11:31 pm
There are 9 at the first entrance to Eagle Beach this afternoon as well. A nice male northern harrier at the wetlands yesterday. Bev. ... From: Doug Jones...
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Kim Titus & Deb Rudis
akwildlife@...
Apr 16, 2004 2:32 am
Thanks Doug. The photo made my day! -ddr ... From: Doug Jones To: Eaglechat@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:17 PM Subject: [Eaglechat]...
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Paul Suchanek
paulms99824
Apr 16, 2004 2:55 am
Managed to take some photos of the bluebirds at Eagle Beach today, since Doug covered the male, here is one of my better photos of a female....
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Marlena Mooring
snowgirlmjm
Apr 16, 2004 6:31 am
Had three rufous hummers in the yard Wednesday, so we put up the feeders. Saw a couple of snipes at 13 mile yesterday. There are rafts of hundreds of surf...
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Estol Belflower
ebelflow@...
Apr 16, 2004 6:36 am
Michelle, We have a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers that have been at our suet feeders off and on all winter. In fact "Harrietta" was here late this afternoon. 4200...
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John Riutta
nuthatch97056
Apr 16, 2004 6:32 pm
Good morning, I'm a birder from Oregon who will be visiting Juneau in early July of this year. A friend in Juneau put me on to this group as a way of ...
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gwen baluss
gwenbaluss@...
Apr 16, 2004 10:19 pm
Just about everything you need to know you will find in the publication Finding Birds in Juneau (Armstrong et al 1995) a FREE and fantastic publication...
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Nat Drumheller
nat_drumheller
Apr 17, 2004 4:39 am
There was a coot on a pond near the airport in Gustavus this evening. It was with Northern Shovelers, Mallards, Green-winged Teals, Buffleheads, and two...
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glacierbirder
Apr 17, 2004 8:14 pm
Good morning everyone! I spent a great few hours out at Cowee Meadows this AM. Here's the highlights: - 26 Mountain Bluebirds (1 in the meadow with the cabin,...
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bbpaige
Apr 18, 2004 2:52 pm
What incredible numbers of mtn. bluebirds you guys are seeing. We' ve not found anything like that around Gustavus/Glacier Bay so far....
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Apr 18, 2004 9:13 pm
Greetings, friends, There was a beautiful redheaded Eurasian wigeon in the Otter Pond on the Refuge at 11am today. That is the tidal pond along the Airport...
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Karla Hart
karlahart2002
Apr 19, 2004 5:21 pm
A white gyrfalcon was hunting in the meadows between Wren Drive and Montana Creek this morning. I'm 95% confident on this id - got a good look at dark wing...
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Robert Armstrong
boba562001
Apr 20, 2004 8:09 am
Wow thanks Karla -- I also saw a white morph gyrfalcon at Pt Bridget on Saturday -- perhaps the same one -- according to Gus this phase has not been documented...
