BirdingCentral.com - Recent Sightings in Alaska http://www.BirdingCentral.com BirdingCentral.com - Track Your Passion Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:42:00 GMT en-ca admin@birdingcentral.com Copyright 2009 1 species at Crooked Lake, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/504 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/504 5 2008 chicks swam by cabin.

Species Reported:

Red-necked Grebe

]]> 1 species at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/601 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/601 Immature gull.

Species Reported:

Glaucous-winged Gull

]]> 1 species at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/600 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/600 3 females.

Species Reported:

Common Merganser

]]> 1 species at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/569 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/569 Species Reported:

Short-billed Dowitcher

]]> 1 species at Rigden Home, ANC, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/612 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/612 It landed on bench on deck.

Species Reported:

Black-capped Chickadee

]]> 1 species at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/543 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/543 A pair was at Potter Marsh. Many of these have been seen over the years from the airplane.

Species Reported:

Trumpeter Swan

]]> 1 species at Creamer's Field (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/561 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/561 Numerous seen over the years in AZ and AK.

Species Reported:

Sandhill Crane

]]> 1 species at Creamer's Field (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/553 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/553 Species Reported:

Northern Harrier

]]> 1 species at Peat Pond, FAI, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/550 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/550 Confirmed by an Elder Hostle group leader who is a local Faibanks birder.

Species Reported:

Bufflehead

]]> 1 species at Peat Pond, FAI, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/549 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/549 Species Reported:

Greater Scaup

]]> 1 species at Peat Pond, FAI, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/548 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/548 Many seen and shot on Duck Flats over the years.

Species Reported:

American Wigeon

]]> 1 species at Creamer's Field (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/544 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/544 One pair on a pond in the middle of hundreds of Canadian Honkers

Species Reported:

Greater White-fronted Goose

]]> 1 species at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/547 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/547 Many seen over years on Duck Flats near Susitna River. Latest seen on August 23, 2008 at Peat Pond in Fairbanks

Species Reported:

Northern Shoveler

]]> 1 species at Rigden Home, ANC, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/636 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/636 In yard, south side.

Species Reported:

Dark-eyed Junco

]]> 1 species at Rigden Home, ANC, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/618 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/618 2 of them were in the Moogie Pine out front.

Species Reported:

Red-breasted Nuthatch

]]> 1 species at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/570 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/570 Species Reported:

Common Snipe

]]> 1 species at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/564 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/564 With new Nikon Monark binocs

Species Reported:

Lesser Yellowlegs

]]> 1 species at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/563 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/563 With new Nikon Monark 10x42 binocs.

Species Reported:

Greater Yellowlegs

]]> 6 species at 1338 F Street Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/123 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/123 Sightings of redpolls at bird feeder and throughout backyard trees/shrubs. Chickadees and nuthatched sighted at feeder. Magpie in back yard. Stellar Jays in backyard and throughout neighborhood. Robin in backyard - likely a resident rather than migratory robin.

Species Reported:

Steller's Jay, Black-billed Magpie, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Common Redpoll

]]> 1 species at Goose Lake, Anchorage, AK (Alaska) http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/545 http://www.birdingcentral.com/report/view/545 Many spotted over the years in various places in AK. About a thousand seen at Creamer's Field in Fairbanks on August 23, 2008

Species Reported:

Canada Goose

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