Seward, Alaska
Sunrise 5:36 am, sunset 10:29
pm for a total day length of 18 hours and 54 minutes. Tomorrow will be 4
minutes and 54 seconds shorter.
Misty, cloudy weather
continues with temperatures in the mid 50s to low 60s and light wind.
Raspberries are booming with this infusion of moisture.
Today I watched a series of
birds feast on Red Elderberries. Both the shriveled fruit and ripe berries
proved to be a magnet for YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS, RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS, and a ROBIN family. I didn’t realize until now that these tiny birds
enjoyed elderberries as much as the guzzling thrushes.
Later this afternoon, I
spotted two HERMIT THRUSHES in the spruce understory, still here, but very quiet.
And not seen, but heard, PINE GROSBEAKS in a nearby spruce top.
A special treat was watching
a momma moose strip alder leaves with her mobile lips as her single darling
calf did the same. The calf looked like a pony, complete with a mane and big,
inquiring ears. What a lot of alder leaves it must take to feed these two!
Fortunately, Seward has plenty to spare.
I received a report from the Bear Lake area that a migrating RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD showed up and flitted around this evening, but did not feed and seemed nervous like the previous cameos on July 14 and July 24 at 7 or 8 pm. Seems like the tail end of their migration through here.
I received a report from the Bear Lake area that a migrating RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD showed up and flitted around this evening, but did not feed and seemed nervous like the previous cameos on July 14 and July 24 at 7 or 8 pm. Seems like the tail end of their migration through here.
Happy Birding!
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report
Reporter
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