Seward, Alaska
Sunrise 5:20 am, sunset 10:46
pm for a total day length of 17 hours and 40 minutes. Tomorrow will be 4
minutes and 32 seconds shorter.
Summer is whizzing past!
Whether due to the hot weather the past week (up to 80ยบ!) and lack of rain, or
the passing season, the formerly green-green-green vegetation now has a
yellow/gold component. Fireweed flowers have bloomed up to the last inches of its
flower fuse, while the lower end is ready to ignite the next round with silky
seeds. Most other native plants are busily producing fruit and seeds as well.
Bird song is virtually
absent, reduced to twitters and calls. Most of the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, and
VIOLET GREEN and TREE SWALLOWS have migrated, though individual birds are still
spotted.
However, today was a banner
day for mixed flocks as wave after wave suddenly flitted through neighborhoods
in Seward and at Ava’s Place. A well-timed sprinkler and blooming garden
flowers proved to be irresistible at some hot spots.
The birds included:
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, YELLOW
WARBLER, WILSON’S WARBLER, BLACK-CAPPED and CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES,
RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD, PINE SISKIN, PINE GROSBEAK, STELLER’S JAY, DARK-EYED JUNCO, ROBIN,
HERMIT THRUSH, MAGPIE, and SONG SPARROW.
Many of the mixed flock
included families with fledglings still begging. This flocking behavior seems
to indicate that migration for many is not far away.
Happy Birding!
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report
Reporter
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