Sep 20, 2015 | Birds, Songbirds
This was very exciting to see this Hooded Oriole, a species new to Alaska — discovered on September 19, 2015. Information on this species can be found in Pleasants, Barbara Y. and Daniel J. Albano. 2001. Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus), The Birds of North...
Sep 6, 2015 | Birds, Blackbirds
The Rusty Blackbird is on the Audubon Alaska Watchlist According to this watchlist The Rusty Blackbird declined from an estimated 13 million birds in 1965 to only 2 million birds today. Loss of wintering habitat plays a role.other possible factors in the decline are...
Aug 23, 2015 | Birds, Gulls
This video shows some of the many ways that gulls obtain salmon eggs in Alaska. When digging nests salmon usually dislodge eggs from previous spawners. Also, if the female is not able to cover the eggs immediately, some will wash out of the nest at spawning. These...
Jul 17, 2015 | Birds, Songbirds
Look at Allison R. Nelson*, Renée L. Cormier, Diana L. Humple, Josh C. Scullen, Ravinder Sehgal, Nathaniel E. Seavy Migration patterns of San Francisco Bay Area Hermit Thrushes differ across a fine spatial...
Jul 16, 2015 | Birds, Songbirds
This video on Yellow Warblers Feeding their Chicks shows both male and female warblers bringing in food. Of interest is the parents take the kids poop and fly off with it. Look what happened when one chick pooped at the side of the...
Jul 6, 2015 | Birds, Waterfowl
This video can be used for comparison to the one on geese. For Mallards only the hen takes care of the kids for Geese both parents take care of them. For more information you can look at Drilling, Nancy, Rodger Titman and Frank Mckinney. 2002. Mallard (Anas...