Seward Alaska Sporadic Bird
Report
Much to my surprise, despite
the increasing crowds and loose dogs at Lowell Point, I discovered two adult
BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS calmly poking through the algae-covered rocks at low tide
today.
No predictions on how long
they will stay, but it sure was amazing to see them!
Also spotted patrolling the
shoreline, were 7 SURF SCOTERS, 5 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and several small groups of
MARBLED MURRELETS.
Ava reports lots of baby
birds around her yard and at the feeders: baby everything! PINE SISKINS, PINE
GROSBEAKS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, DOWNY and HAIRY
WOODPECKERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, TREE and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS. Also she
suspects the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD eggs have hatched as she is seeing more
activity at the sugar water feeders by the hungry moms.
Unfortunately, after a
catastrophic rainstorm a few years ago that collapsed all the nearby CLIFF
SWALLOW nests and killed the babies, there are no longer any CLIFF SWALLOWS.
The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
that arrived too early for our late spring, learned to feed at the suet feeder.
Now they are eating sticky insects off the hummingbird feeders and have figured
out how to get sugar water as well.
I received another report of
this behavior: CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES sipping sugar water from hummer
feeders. Smart birds! and no teeth to rot!
Happy Birding!
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report
Reporter
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