Jul 3, 2015 | Birds, Ptarmigan and Grouse
This video shows several clips of Willow Ptarmigan behavior. For more information look at Alaska’s State Bird (Willow Ptarmigan) by Bob Armstrong and Marge...
Jun 29, 2015 | Birds, Songbirds
This female Lincoln’s Sparrow is incubating her eggs in Juneau, Alaska on June 27, 2015 Two of the eggs hatched and she is feeding the chicks on July 4, 2015 For more information on Lincoln’s Sparrows look at Ammon, Elisabeth M. 1995. Lincoln’s...
Jun 26, 2015 | Birds, Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatchers are common nesting birds along most of the southern coastal areas of Alaska. They usually nest on small islands but in some areas, such as Glacier Bay, they may nest along the rocky mainland shores. The female typically lays one to three eggs....
Jun 18, 2015 | Birds, Swallows
Over the years I have seen a few interesting aggressive actions by swallows in Alaska. This video illustrates three of them. The first one concerns Tree Swallows — at a nest four swallows were entering the nest and interacting with each other. What was happening...
Jun 17, 2015 | Birds, Ptarmigan and Grouse
This is a short video of a Sooty Grouse with its chicks in the alpine in Juneau, Alaska Hens with small juveniles may fluff body feathers, droop wings, fan tails, cluck loudly, hiss, and fly at and strike an intruder, or attempt to lead the intruder away (so-called...
Jun 17, 2015 | Birds, Sapsuckers
The Red-breasted Sapsucker is unique among Alaska’s woodpeckers because they have shorter tongues with brush-like tips for licking sap from the holes they drill in trees. To learn more about sapsuckers and other woodpeckers in Alaska look at Drummers in the...