Tennessee Warbler

A nice sunny day (though I noticed the sun wasn’t packing much punch, only 6 weeks from solstice) and my dad needed the car, so I biked to Moller Park for ultimate. I had decided to take a slight detour to check on the Marbled Godwit that has been hanging out near True Value when … Read more

Juvenile Snow Goose

Snow Geese can regularly be seen migrating overhead during the fall (and maybe spring, though I don’t recall seeing them much then). However, I have only heard of a handful of reports of them actually on the ground, and most of those have been individual birds who for some reason failed to keep up with … Read more

Brown Booby Update #2

Brown Booby near 56N 148W, taken by Justin Smith, used with permission I was forwarded an interesting report from the Gulf of Alaska near 56N 148W (much closer to Kodiak than Sitka) of a Brown Booby seen and photographed by Justin Smith late in the afternoon on 28 October (the day before the one landed … Read more

Recent Unexpected Birds

Sabine’s Gull I was lucky to spot the distinctive wings of this juvenile Sabine’s Gull as I happened to be looking out the window of the classroom towards the channel. Sabine’s Gulls have been reported near town before, but they are mostly seen off-shore of Sitka during migration. I only recall one other report (from … Read more