Beringia Birders

[beringia_birders] NORTHERN HAWK OWL and Additional Post Correction

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:50:52 -0500

Hey all,

In my last post all of the birds that I said were seen on the Taylor Highway were actually seen along the Teller road. Not sure why I thought it was called the Taylor Highway in the first place...

Today, 21 May there was a single NORTHERN HAWK OWL hanging

[beringia_birders] Minor Correction to Sightings

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:44:14 -0500

Small correction, but that should be EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL and not YELLOW WAGTAIL! I'm sure you still got the gist of it though.

Nick
Nome

[beringia_birders] Nome Sightings 5/18-5/20

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:40:17 -0500

Hey all,

Quick update on the highlights we've been seeing around Nome:

18 May
KING and COMMON EIDERS - Present in small numbers all along coast to Cape Nome.
YELLOW-BILLED LOON - (3) several miles west of Cape Nome.
POMARINE JAEGER - Single flock of (68) birds seen several miles west of Cape Nome flying

Re: [AK Birding] Unknown Female Duck

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:23:44 -0500

Don't the white outer tail feathers suggest mallard? The bill does look like a pintail. The lesson may be that one can't tell.
Dave

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Re: [AK Birding] Unknown Female Duck

Sun, 20 May 2012 11:38:30 -0500

I'm not sure the feet are yellow.
Head shape looks like a Norther Pintail to me. Is that a possibility?

Martin Renner
Homer

On 19 May 2012, at 10:29 , Derek wrote:

> Unlikely garganey, which would have more white on both sides of the speculum, and dark feet. The apparent yellow feet limit the

[AK Birding] Unknown Female Duck

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:41:31 -0500

I am attaching photos to this e-mail, I believe Yahoo will take them off but I think the program may automatically post them to the gallery. If not, I will post the pics to the gallery myself. I have already posted the photos to whatbird.com forum for identification

[beringia_birders] Unknown Female Duck [2 Attachments]

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:41:31 -0500

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I am attaching photos to this e-mail, I believe Yahoo will take them off but I think the program may automatically post them to the gallery. If not, I will post the pics to the gallery myself. I have already posted the photos to whatbird.com

[beringia_birders] Shishmaref Meanderings

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:18:03 -0500

Yesterday morning brought warmer southerly winds and a number of passerines that blew in with the wind. All FOS yesterday were:
20 NORTHERN PINTAIL
2 BLACK TURNSTONE
2 VARIED THRUSH
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
DARK-EYED JUNCO
SAVANNAH SPARROW (many)
FOX SPARROW
COMMON REDPOLL

Continued sightings of about 300 GLAUCOUS GULLs, COMMON RAVENS, NORTHERN WHEATEAR, SNOW BUNTINGS. My

[beringia_birders] Nome Signs of Spring

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:48:43 -0500

Hey all,

Luke DeCicco and myself arrived in Nome yesterday for a season of fieldwork. We will be around until early July. Today we drove out towards Teller and had a WANDERING TATTLER near the Sinuk River bridge, a small group of AMERICAN PIPITS along the road before that and then

[AK Birding] Shishmaref Meanderings

Tue, 15 May 2012 02:29:48 -0500

Went to pick up my brother-in-law yesterday along the coastline. Saw WILLOW PTARMIGAN on the way up. When we turned around there was a flock of 8 SANDHILL CRANES and 3 others following shortly after. There was a GLAUCOUS GULL flying back towards Shishmaref and on the way home a

[beringia_birders] Shishmaref Meanderings

Tue, 15 May 2012 02:29:48 -0500

[beringia_birders] behavioral observation & sightings

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:38:18 -0500

Nome is suffering through a frigid spring. The tundra ponds are all still frozen. It snowed again this morning. A few days ago I went to the town landfill to check on the possible arrival of gulls. On arrival I observed about two hundred Ravens literally crawling over each other and

[beringia_birders] Nome area birds: April 22 - May 11, 2012

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:59:27 -0500

Some notes and observations reported to ADF&G, Nome:

April 22 - Glaucous Gull, calling at Cape Nome
April 24 - Glaucous Gull, 2 perched near road at Nome
May 5 - swan flying over ice
May 5 - Sandhill Crane, 1 vocalizing
May 6 -

[beringia_birders] Shishmaref Meanderings

Sun, 06 May 2012 01:37:21 -0500

Took my family towards the mouth of the Serpentine River for a sliding trip along the coast line. Saw two SANDHILL CRANES as we arrived at the little creek valley that we always go into. Saw plenty of sign of ptarmigan (or as my 3 year old calls

[beringia_birders] Re: spring

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:25:37 -0500

Alice, I spied a SNOWY OWL 5 miles from Serpentine Hot Springs on my way home from there Sunday as well as plenty of WILLOW PTARMIGAN there. Was told of another snowy owl near Grayling Cabin about 18 miles from the hot springs towards Shishmaref as well.

A friend from

[beringia_birders] spring

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:39:47 -0500

Awake and live! The song of the Snow Bunting is heard in the land! Actually the snow birds were much fewer than usual this winter. The only birds currently on view are the extra tough Ravens. With several weeks of -30 degree weather this winter they are true survivors. It

[beringia_birders] Shishmaref Meanderings

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:50:57 -0500

Still a few McKay's left, maybe 25 buntings of either species here around. Normally a few pairs of Snow Buntings will stay and breed.

I was able to take a trip to Serpentine Hot Springs with the kids this weekend and saw a large flock of Willow Ptarmigan along the

[beringia_birders] Shemya

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:20:05 -0500

Early Spring is here. The ponds are mostly thawed out and only snow drifts are left. During this past week we have had 6 Wooper Swans which still continue, had a 2 day showing of a Great Egret, several days of a Merlin, which was a first for Shemya, and

[beringia_birders] SIGNS OF SPRING

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:31:45 -0500

I heard my first male Snow Bunting calling this afternoon. Not seeing too many McKays left, I will have to check to see if I can find any period. Hoping to take a ride in the country this weekend and hope to see some of our other wintering

[AK Birding] Elim Owl

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:47:17 -0500

Another teacher and birding friend In Elim told me yesterday that students brought him a dead Boreal Owl. The students had told him that the owl was alive when they found it but behaving pretty sickly. After he had examined it a bit more closely its breast muscles

[beringia_birders] Elim Owl

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:47:17 -0500

[beringia_birders] Slightly Off Topic

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:42:11 -0500

Some of you have followed my WordPress Birds of Shishmaref blog and have commented over the past few years about my posts here. I have found difficulties this past year with loading photos on my blog site. So I decided to start a Facebook page titled the same.