Seward, Alaska
Bright bits of the
tropics sang from leafing-out willows and cottonwoods at Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords
National Park. Occasionally, I spotted the virtuoso, head thrust back, beak
open wide, throat pulsing with life, vigor, and hope. I can’t imagine their
treacherous journey from Central America and beyond, especially with all the
storms along the NW Coast.
With the exception
of the VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS that fed, flew, and nested in the recently deglaciated valley by
the glacier, and the BLACK-BIILLED MAGPIE and RAVEN cleaning up the parking lot,
all the birds were found on the main, paved trail and at the start of the
Harding Icefield Trail.
DOWNY WOODPECKER,
GOLDEN EAGLE (on May 16 ), WILSON’S SNIPE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, COMMON RAVEN, VIOLET-GREEN
SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, AMERICAN ROBIN, VARIED THRUSH, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBER,
WILSON’S WARBLER, FOX SPARROW, COMMON REDPOLL.
I am still listening
for the ethereal songs of the Swainson’s Thrush and Gray-cheeked Thrush. Maybe
next time!
Also spotted on May
24 on the mountainside, a Black Bear momma with her two tiny cubs.
Happy Birding!
Carol Griswold
Seward, Sporadic
Bird Report Reporter
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