I'm pretty sure this is a long shot, but I'll give it a try anyway. I was walking at Totem Park this morning and I heard a bird fly overhead. It was followed...
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macphail
akbirder
Apr 2, 2007 12:52 am
Time to get those hummer feeders out and ready. I'm certain others have had earlier dates, but here just off Back Loop, my earliest Rufous Hummingbird...
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Nat Drumheller
nat_drumheller
Apr 2, 2007 2:29 am
My guess is that they were Lapland Longspurs. Longspurs just started showing up along the beaches in Gustavus over the last week. Their calls are similar to...
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Matt Goff
gwark_ak
Apr 2, 2007 2:39 am
If anyone is curious, I'm pretty confident that the mystery birds were Lapland Longspurs. They are unusual around Sitka, but I heard one had been seen...
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Andy Smoker
andy.smoker@...
Apr 2, 2007 7:07 pm
Friday AM got a glimpse of what I'm pretty sure were about a dozen snow buntings flushing off the turn around below the main avalanche chute on Thane road....
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Karla Hart
KarlaHart
Apr 5, 2007 1:04 am
BPIFers, Keep your eye's peeled for banded birds. Sorry for any cross postings. Dave SHOREBIRDERS: Please be sure to check the legs of Pacific Golden-Plovers...
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Matt Goff
gwark_ak
Apr 5, 2007 3:43 am
This week in Sitka we saw our FOS Savannah Sparrows. I saw one out at Starrigavan and someone else told me of seeing one elsewhere around town the day before....
3676
Beth Peluso
bpeluso
Apr 5, 2007 4:51 pm
The juncos have started singing regularly in the morning, and I heard the song sparrow outside my house singing. Usually there are two or three bald eagles ...
3677
Mark and Debi
markamb2001
Apr 6, 2007 12:32 am
I spent a couple of hours waltzing around the Mendenhall wetlands today; after fighting the crazy wind at Eagle Beach a couple of days ago conditions today...
3678
Mark and Debi
markamb2001
Apr 6, 2007 12:36 am
like my CAGEs ugh; don't think you put plurals into the band codes do you : ) CAGOs . . . . consider it spring training . . ... From: Mark and Debi To:...
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Matt Goff
gwark_ak
Apr 10, 2007 4:06 pm
Hummingbirds have been reported in Sitka. The earliest one reported was seen this past Sunday at Starrigavan. I'm curious about the arrival dates in other...
3680
Marlena Mooring
snowgirlmjm
Apr 10, 2007 4:49 pm
Just put my hummingbird feeder out this morning. We've had them show up in Haines as early as the third week of April. When the early blueberry plants are...
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Karla J Hart
KarlaHart
Apr 10, 2007 5:16 pm
I'll put in a plug for entering your first of season birds, including hummingbirds, on eBird. The Alaska eBird site is now available (all entries feed into the...
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Beverly Agler
skuas
Apr 10, 2007 5:37 pm
Check out this website. It's for last year, but will give you an idea of distribution/migration. ...
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Gwen Baluss
gwenbaluss
Apr 11, 2007 6:23 pm
You can report your first hummingbird (or robin, etc.) arrival and contribute to this year's map. Journey North is a very cool site for teachers and kids of...
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Beth Peluso
bpeluso
Apr 11, 2007 6:46 pm
This is a follow up to Gwen's email. Eve contacted me a few days ago about hummingbird arrivals in Southeast, so I encouraged her to join Eaglechat. Below is a...
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Tracy And Kim Rivera
ccfishc@...
Apr 11, 2007 7:04 pm
Am posting this sighting info and pic of a snowy owl from Ron Berg. thanks, Kim Hi, Kim. Attached is a photo that I took yesterday of a snowy owl in back of...
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Gwen Baluss
gwenbaluss
Apr 11, 2007 7:22 pm
The Tongass National Forest will be conducting bird point counts in various areas of Southeast Alaska this June as part of the Alaska Landbird Monitoring...
3687
macphail
akbirder
Apr 11, 2007 9:32 pm
Hi Gwen Brian here. Deanna is in Mexico at the present and will return late on 4-18-07. So, lack of reply does not infer lack of interest. I do not know...
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Mary Lou King
kingmarylou
Apr 11, 2007 10:15 pm
Bill Neumann's email reported 2 Hummingbirds at his friends feeder in Peterburg on 4/7/2007 at 4:59 P.M. - first seen this spring. Mary Lou...
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Beth Peluso
bpeluso
Apr 12, 2007 8:20 pm
I went out by Bayview to look for the snowy owl, but no luck. I did have several First of Seasons (for myself at least!). I heard a varied thrush singing for ...
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Bradley J. Fluetsch, ...
bfluetsch
Apr 12, 2007 8:48 pm
I just saw my first robin. Three mile North Douglas....
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Pat Bock
raptors1rule
Apr 12, 2007 11:32 pm
I've been a volunteer with the Juneau Raptor Center for almost ten years. In the past 2-3 years we've successfully treated two snowy owls (only two that we've...
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Gwen Baluss
gwenbaluss
Apr 13, 2007 12:23 am
This spring the Albert Creek migration station near Watson Lake, YT, continues this year. The dates will be April 30 through June 15. The numbers of warblers...
3693
Mark and Debi
markamb2001
Apr 13, 2007 1:05 am
Tonight (Thursday April 12) is Juneau Audubon's last meeting and program until the fall. Tonight's program should be very interesting as Mandy Lindeberg,...
3694
Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Apr 13, 2007 4:29 pm
There was a snowy owl in the forest along the airport dike trail on November 29, 2001. It stayed for the day and many people walked out the trail to see it....
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Kim Titus And Deb Rudis
akwildlife@...
Apr 13, 2007 6:23 pm
and a merlin has been calling since Tues. in the River Rd (off Back Loop) area in Juneau. -Deb Rudis...
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Kim Rivera
ccfishc@...
Apr 14, 2007 10:33 pm
My husband saw a snowy owl today (around 9:30am)! Am just going to guess it could have been the same one Ron Berg saw a few days ago. The owl was out past...
3697
Larry
unbeltedking...
Apr 15, 2007 4:09 am
Just had my first Fox Sparrow of the year at my feeder (across hwy from Pioneer Marsh). Now if I can just get that first king salmon, spring will officially...
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Bradley J. Fluetsch, ...
bfluetsch
Apr 15, 2007 4:13 am
I saw my first one a day or so ago and now my yard is filled with robins. There is a flock of eight or more right now. It is dusk about 8:00 pm and yes we...
