We’ve had a number of rarities in the Anchorage area this year: a hawfinch, a house finch, and Saturday, I finally intercepted a birders email discussion early enough to be able to track down the bird! Plus it was big and right in mid-town so really it wasn’t much of a search. So here you … More Rare visitor to Anchorage
The Anchorage Audubon big day competition is coming up this weekend. I plan to tell you all about it next week, but thought I’d first tell you about my debut attempt last year. Teams had from 5 pm on Friday to 5 pm on Saturday to see as many bird species as possible within Municipality … More Moose don’t technically count, right?
Yet another of Alaska Airlines’ great fare sales and since I’d not yet been to NM, I bought a ticket, convinced a Utah friend to meet me there, and headed off for an extended weekend (Saturday-Wednesday) in mid-February. We flew into Albuquerque and picked up our rental SUV, but other than a visit to Acoma … More February in New Mexico
As somebody who lives in Alaska, I find it kind of weird to apply the word winter to Los Angeles but technically it is. And I saw at least one person wearing a puffy down jacket zipped up over her mouth, sitting in an enclosed car on a 60+ degree day in Capistrano, so I … More Winter birding in the Los Angeles area
It must have been starting out my year on a birding trip with Jenny to the Salton Sea, Los Angeles area, and the central California coast, that made this a pretty productive year for me too! I took short trips to central western Michigan and Atlanta and spent the better part of a week in … More Arlene’s 2016 bird list
It’s Anchorage, it’s winter. While we have a certain number of bird species that overwinter (more so as time goes by and our winters keep getting warmer) it’s still not the most productive of birding locations in January. Unless, of course, you’re willing to hang out with the birds that you do see and watch … More Winter in Anchorage
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