Seward, Alaska
The sun returned this afternoon,
shining a bright light on all the newly emerged greenery, refreshed by the
rain. I searched for the WANDERING TATTLER at Scheffler Creek, at first without
success, up and down the rocky shoreline then back to the outlet. Then, there
it was! Except for its yellow-orange legs, it easily melted into the
surrounding gray-green rocks. Standing quietly above a little tide pool, it
watched carefully for tiny fish then quickly plunged into the water to chase it
down or nabbed it from the rock. It was fun to watch this avid fisher, more
intent than any fisherman, fishing because its life did indeed depend on it.
Out in front, 4 GREATER SCAUP
paddled and dove, possibly the same 3 males and one amorous female spotted
yesterday. She sure had a lot of white around her bill and ears.
Over in a small Mt Ash tree,
a KENAI SONG SPARROW sang his beautiful melody among the emerging green leaves,
unperturbed by this paparazza clicking away.
At noon at the tide flats, I
heard a clear descending "to-do." Eventually I discovered a
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER resting near a pair of GREEN-WINGED TEAL. A smattering
of DUNLINS, about 12, fed along an intertidal stream; small flocks of peeps
flew past.
At 5:30 pm, a flock of about
150 geese flew over town heading north.
That evening, Tasha and Jonah
L. reported a MARBLED GODWIT (!) and one BLACK and one RUDDY TURNSTONE, very
exciting finds!
And at 10:30 am, I heard the
steady beeping of the little SAW-WHET OWL on Mt Marathon.
Happy Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report
Reporter
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