Seward, Alaska
Sunrise 4:39 am, sunset 11:16 pm, for a total day length of 18 hours and 36 minutes. Length of visible light is 21 hours and 45 minutes! Tomorrow will be 2 minutes and 22 seconds longer.
Sprinkly weather continues like Nature forgot to turn off the sprayer, with temps in the high 40s. Rain in the forecast until Monday with possible sunshine for the Summer Solstice on Wednesday, June 21.
Thanks to Lindsey and Lee who waved me over, I was thrilled to hear, observe, and photograph a busy BLACKPOLL WARBLER cascading through alders, plucking tiny insects on the undersides of the bright spring leaves. He did indeed have a black “poll”, offset by pure white cheeks, and stunning golden legs and feet. Occasionally, he stopped to sing, an ear test for sure, a very high, soft, and insect-like trill. Another Blackpoll Warbler appeared, but apparently it too was a male, and was quickly chased away.
Blackpoll Warblers are unusual for the Seward area; the last time I saw one here was around 2015.
Although likely a migrant, the addition of the Blackpoll Warbler brings the number of warbler species seen this spring up to 6: Northern Waterthrush, Townsend’s, Wilson’s, Yellow, and Yellow-rumped.
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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