hi all, happy new year! I know this is "eagle" chat, but for a brief moment it's "cetacean"; chat. I thought people might like to know that the whales...
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Andy Smoker
andy.smoker@...
Jan 2, 2002 11:53 pm
A most entertaining event in Auke Bay before the breakwater was built in the mid 80's was when the killer whales showed up & chased a good sized herd of ...
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Andy Smoker
andy.smoker@...
Jan 3, 2002 1:30 am
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/01/science/life/01FINC.html interesting article on diseases, birds & feeders...
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markamb2001
Jan 3, 2002 10:51 pm
Andy Hoffmann in Anchorage took some terrific pictures of a family of Northern Saw-whet Owls in his backyard. He obtained photos of developing nestlings...
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Nina Mollett
nina.mollett@...
Jan 3, 2002 11:23 pm
Those are amazing pictures! It leaves you wanting more - especially the one of the baby struggling through that keyhole...so THEN what?? Did that clumsy ...
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Estol Belflower
ebelflow@...
Jan 4, 2002 7:00 am
Thanks to you and Andy for sharing these great pictures. Only a mother could love a newly hatched owlet! Beth B. ... From: "markamb2001" <aukebay@...> ...
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Jan 7, 2002 6:20 pm
Dear friends, This is short notice but an important time to show up. Some Assembly members are set on charging forward with a remote heliport site south of ...
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Nina Mollett
nina.mollett@...
Jan 8, 2002 5:33 pm
There's a charming sequence in Birdchat that I thought you all might enjoy: http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0201a&L=birdchat&D=0&H=0&O=T&T=1#79 By...
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Jan 8, 2002 5:52 pm
Greetings, birders, Today's "Talk of Alaska" public radio statewide call in program features the Christmas Bird Count! If you do not have access to a radio,...
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Jan 8, 2002 8:36 pm
At tomorrow night's (Wednesday, January 9) airport board meeting there is likely going to be a push to rescind the vote that last month excluded Airport Dike...
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Steve Zimmerman
callorhinus
Jan 8, 2002 10:00 pm
Hi, Laurie. I will attach copies of the letters I sent to the board. As I remember, you cannot open Wordperfect documents, so will attach the MS Word ...
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ninadee2001
Jan 9, 2002 11:00 pm
We've had a few mix-ups where people accidentally sent a message to Eaglechat that was intended for an individual. The suggestion has been made that I reset...
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Steve Zimmerman
callorhinus
Jan 10, 2002 12:03 am
Well...I guess you know how I feel. Thanks for putting this out for comment. Steve....
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mary ellen frank
mefrank11
Jan 10, 2002 5:17 pm
I like the ability to follow conversations that initiated here on Eaglechat. The default reply to Eaglechat makes that more likely. It is still possible to...
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Jan 11, 2002 1:22 am
Greetings, Birders! Mike Jacobsen will talk about life in Kaktovik and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge tonight at the monthly Audubon meeting. 7:30pm at ...
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Steve Zimmerman
callorhinus
Jan 12, 2002 4:32 am
Hi, folks. I just received a letter from Ed Clark--a very energetic birder from Fairbanks. Ed has been organizing a trip to Dutch Harbor on July 4th to look...
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Kim Titus & Deb Rudis
akwildlife@...
Jan 17, 2002 7:25 am
Hola! -Anyone have birding experiance in Mexico's Yucatan Penninsula? I have some good info from various books but if anyone has any great spots they ...
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Steve Zimmerman
callorhinus
Jan 18, 2002 11:47 pm
Hi, folks--I recently received a call from Michelle Kissling (586-7242). The USFWS has money through the Alaska Coastal Program, and is hoping that somebody...
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davidsonne@...
Jan 19, 2002 2:18 am
WHAT IS THE E. MAIL CURTAILMENT? Dave...
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Phil Davis
pdavis@...
Jan 19, 2002 4:50 am
Hi Dave ... and other Eaglechaters ... I included a message, below, from Birdchat that summarizes the USFWS e-mail/web site situation. Also, for even more...
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Steve Zimmerman
callorhinus
Jan 19, 2002 10:04 pm
I believe that employees of the Department of Interior are not being allowed to use e-mail, but I don't remember the reason why. I think it had something to...
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Bev Agler
skuas
Jan 21, 2002 5:03 am
Hi, there was a little pack of 150 or so shorebirds at Eagle Beach today, Sunday, 20 January. It consisted of mostly Rock Sandpipers (~100), Dunlin (~50),...
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Bev Agler
skuas
Jan 22, 2002 9:03 pm
We just had 10 pine grosbeaks behind our lab in the valley. I know others have been seen lately, but this group included 2 bright red males. Also saw a shrike...
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Jan 23, 2002 10:55 pm
Greetings, birders, Isn't the snow gorgeous? Everything is so much brighter with a coating of white. Just wanted to let you know that for at least three days...
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Laurie Ferguson Craig
annielauriec...
Jan 24, 2002 11:50 pm
Today on the wetlands was gorgeous! Soft snow and clearing skies. Great blue heron, eagles -- Juan was panhandling from the otters for some tidbits (they did...
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Mac Phail, Deanna K.
Deanna_MacPhail@...
Jan 25, 2002 12:25 am
Very quiet on the river trail today; eagles, ravens, several Buffleheads on the river. But over in the oxbow, I saw my first ermine, a wonderful, quick little...
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David W Riccio
driccio@...
Jan 25, 2002 2:11 am
Along Egan between Lemon Creek Exit and 2mi (going into town) at about noon there were large numbers of shore birds and ducks feeding along the tide line near...
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juneauart@...
Jan 25, 2002 8:16 am
Hello everyone. I am with the Juneau Raptor Center. We picked up two common snipes from outside K-Mart on wednesday. It seems these birds were banging into a...
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Andy Smoker
andy.smoker@...
Jan 25, 2002 5:00 pm
huh...while driving in from Thane this AM in the dim light at about 7:30 I saw two birds flush from the uphill side, about by the Mt Roberts 'yacht club' near...
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David W Riccio
driccio@...
Jan 25, 2002 5:23 pm
A number of the birds I saw yesterday (noon) on the channel side shore near Lemon Creek Intersection looked like Snipe ... but at 50 mph I'm not a snipe...
