Juvenile Baird’s Sandpiper The Shorebird migration continues to be great on Adak this fall. Lots of variety to keep us on our toes. Nothing too rare but this juv Baird’s Sandpiper was only my third for Adak. Still a strong showing of Pectoral Sandpipers and Sharp Tailed
Read more →Just a few shorebirds today. Didn’t see the Garganey again but most of the teal moved off of the Lagoon right now so I imagine he is with them. A nine shorebird day is pretty good for Adak! Wood Sandpiper_1 Sharp tailed Sandpiper_3 Pectoral Sandpiper_2
Read more →Juvenile Red Necked Stint I couldn’t decide which picture I liked better so what the heck I posted both! (-: I am sure this is the same RNST that I first saw with the Sanderlings on the 3rd. Other birds of note was a flock of 15
Read more →Juvenile Red Necked Stint With a stiff West wind blowing tonight I decided to head out to the lagoon to see if anything of interest was around. I haven’t been out birding in several weeks. I found a flock of Sanderlings right away way out
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Here is a pictoral highlight of my trip to Kenny Lake in Central Alaska two weeks ago. The one bird that I wasn’t able to get a picture of was that of a Sora. One was calling the whole time I was at the lake but never
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I discovered this nest back at the beginning of May but never was able to see the adults more than the very top of the females head on the nest. At the time I assumed it was a Peregrine nest. On June 6th I was able to
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Here are some pictures of my day spent out in Kuluk Bay and Sweeper Cove. The light was not always great so some of the pictures are fairly grainy.
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Today was spend out on the water boating in Kuluk Bay, Scabbard Bay and Sweeper Cove. Here are some very beautiful Pacific Common Eiders which are local year round residents and breeders on Adak.
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Things have really slowed down the last few days here on Adak in terms of vagrants anyway. The only new birds was a pair of Bar Tailed Godwits in Clam Lagoon yesterday. Several Hawfinches continue around town at the feeders. I have not seen any Brambling in
Read more →This following article comes from this website: http://www.birdpop.org/alphacodes.htm Link to pdf of alpha codes: http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/Alpha_codes_english.pdf Updated 16 September 2010 Alphabetic (“alpha”) codes, abbreviations of English or scientific bird names, have long been employed by ornithologists. They allow quicker data entry than filling out the full English or
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