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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
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