Field notes, v669
Page 235
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
June 9, 1975,Potter Marsh, freshwater, SE of Anchorage, 10-12l5 noon, Alaska DST. overcast, 45-50o with strong winds, occsnl. showers. Arctic Loon Horned Grebe - 4& Red-necked Grebe - 2&, 1 on nest Canada Goose - 6-10" goslings. 20-30 adults Mallards - 2 pr. Baldpates - 4 pr. Pintail - 2 pr. Green-winged Teal - 6 pr. Greater Scaup - lM Shoveller - 4 pr. Common Gull - 15-25 Arctic Tern - 12's, 2eggs/ nest on RR gravel N. Phalaropes - 15920 Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Short-billed Dowitcher - 1 Wandering Tattler - 1 Common Snipe - sev. V-g Swallows Tree Swallows Bank Swallows Cliff Swallows Raven - 2 Magpie - 1 Redwing - 2mlf Rusty Blkbd - 2 Sav. Sp. Sl-color Junco - 3 Wh-brn. Sps. 3 on hillside June 9, 1975, Chugach State Park ESE of Anchorage, 1-4 p.m. W of Flattop, to above trees. Goshawk - 1 w/ ragged tail Golden Eagle - 1 over Sparrow Hawk Boreal Chickadee - 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher Violet-gree and Tree Swallow Magpie and Raven Horned Larks Robins Hermit Thrush - 8-10 Swainson Thrush - 1 Ruby-crown Kinglet - 6-8 Pipits Orange-crown Warbler -8-10 Myrtle Warbler -12& Townsend Warbl - few Wilson Warbler -12& Redpolls pr chasing other Savannah Sp. in tree tops,etc. Golden-crn Sp. 8-10 Wh-crn.Sp. 4-6 Fox.Sp.lSp-2. June 9, 1975, 15th stree "marksh and lake," at Turnagin Arm, Anchorage, Alaska 5p.m. Mallard, Baldpate, Green-wing Teal, Pintail, N. Phalaropes, Greater Yellowlegs Hudsonian Godwit - Limosa haemastica - 18 way off, 3 closer, but far, l & l fly-bys Semipalmated Sandpipers Short-billed Dowitcher Solitary Sandpipers Semipalmated Plover Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Spotted Sandpipers Arctic Terns Common Gulls Glaucous-winged Gulls Black-billed Magpie Rusty Blackbird at water's edge. w/ Roger Foxall of Ontario. 100's of Violet-green, tree, cliff and bank swallows over park lake. June 10, 1975, Cold Bay, Izembek NWR, 12noon-lp.m. Alaska DST, ovc, cold, windy. Bald Eagle - 1 Glaucous Gull - 1 white 2nd-yr. bird Glaucous-winged Gulls in varied plumages - 25-30 Mew Gulls - 8+10 Tree Swallow - 2 - first of year per Bob Jones Bank Swallows Ravens - 3 Pipit -lor 2 Gray-crowned Rosy Finches - several Lapland Longspurs - several June 10-12, 1975, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska. Cold, windy, ove. occasional sun. Ice on water and heavy road frosts early a.m. This and following records contain only my own observations both in and away from the CNF group since the majority did not want to hike, or bird as long daily as I. Fulmar - one or two, white phase, used sea cliffs, too Pelagic Cormorant - few *Red-faced Cormorant - Phalacrocorax urile - 12's seen, some nests with 4 eggs. Pintail Common teal on 6/10 Green-winged teal - 2 on 6/12 Greater Scaup - 4&, 6/12 Common Golden-eye 10& Old Squaw common Harlequin Duck - 6/11-75100, 50 mostly males, 19:1 Common Eider -lF Common Scoter - 8,10,50 Red-breasted Merganser (more)