[alaskabirds-l] Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) at Juneau
Subject: [alaskabirds-l] Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) at Juneau
From: alaskabirds-l
Date: Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 10:33 PM
Region: Southeast; Juneau; Mendenhall Glacier
Date: 4 February 2012
Species: Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
Location: This bird was observed in the upper branches of a Black
Cottonwood at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center.
Contact: Thanks to Laurie Craig (lauriecraig AT gci.net) for submitting
information about her sighting to Eagle Chat.
History: The winter of 2011-2012 is proving to be a good one for this
species and many individual birds have been observed from Ketchikan
north to Gustavus. Northern Pygmy-Owl is listed as Rare on the Checklist
of Alaska Birds by Daniel D. Gibson, Robert E. Gill, Steve C. Heinl,
Theodore G. Tobish, Aaron J. Lang, and Jack. J. Withrow. It is available
online at: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/bird/products/checklist.pdf. A
printed version is available from the Alaska Bird observatory at:
www.alaskabird.org. "Rare resident in SE Alaska N to Gustavus. Casual
fall visitant in E southcoastal Alaska from Yakutat to Prince William
Sound." From A Birder's Guide to Alaska by Dr. George C. West, July 2008
(second edition). It is available from the American Birding Association.
Special Considerations: There are no special considerations to birding
this area as it is on land managed by the Tongass National Forest and
there is ample parking at the Visitor Center.
Nick Hajdukovich
AlaskaBirds-L Moderator
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