Seward,
Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
Sunrise
7:31 am, sunset 6:46 pm, length of day 11 hours, 15 minutes; tomorrow will be 5
minutes and 30 seconds longer.
Weather:
Calm and overcast with scattered rain, sn'rain, and sprinkles in the morning.
Temperature held steady around 35ยบ.
The secondary roads are very slushy with great pools of water. Bay
access is especially difficult; best to park on high ground and walk in or risk
getting stuck. Be aware of avalanches on Lowell Point Road; small slides were
cleared yesterday.
For
a quiet day, a lot was happening:
Home:
usual ruckus of COMMON REDPOLLS, PINE SISKINS, VARIED THRUSHES, STELLER'S JAYS
all day. They emptied 10# of sunflower seeds in one feeder before daylight faded. One
BRAMBLING perched nearby; nice to see him again.
Boat
Basin at end of Nash Road on east side of bay:
2
or possibly 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS, very white
1
possible THAYER'S GULL immature (wish I had my scope!)
dozens
of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, a few GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS and MEW GULLS
150
SURF SCOTERS, a few WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, a few BLACK SCOTRS, 8 PELAGIC
CORMORANTS, 2 MARBLED MURRELETS, a dozen HARLEQUIN DUCKS
Spring
Creek Beach:
150
BARROW'S GOLDENEYES feeding on schools of 4" silvery fish
Two
sea otters and a harbor seal
Two
pairs of BALD EAGLES and about 8 juvenile eagles of various ages, sitting in
trees, on dead trees, and on streetlight poles in area
Tidelands:
Two
SHORT-EARED OWLS hunting. One caught a fat vole and hauled it off with beach ryegrass
streaming behind. Five BUFFLEHEAD, including a handsome male. Four SNOW
BUNTINGS swooped overhead chittering.
Benny
Benson Lagoon in town on Dairy Hill Lane:
male
HOODED MERGANSER and COMMON MERGANSERS in expanding open water
Neighborhood
at 9 pm:
SAW-WHET
OWL calling from mountainside, a perfect ending to a wonderful day!
Happy
Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward
Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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