Mew Gull | Sitka Nature https://www.sitkanature.org On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:06:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-raven_trees_watermark_8.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mew Gull | Sitka Nature https://www.sitkanature.org 32 32 20990835 Walk to Totem Park https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2011/12/24/walk-to-totem-park-3/ https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2011/12/24/walk-to-totem-park-3/#respond Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:23:34 +0000 http://www.sitkanature.org/?p=5818 Around noon (shortly after the 12.38 high tide) I went for a walk down along Lincoln Street and through the park. I was thinking with the high tide there might be some birds fairly close to land, but it was much quieter than I hoped. I did see some Harlequin Ducks and gulls by the ... Read more

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Immature Mew Gull in Flight

Around noon (shortly after the 12.38 high tide) I went for a walk down along Lincoln Street and through the park. I was thinking with the high tide there might be some birds fairly close to land, but it was much quieter than I hoped. I did see some Harlequin Ducks and gulls by the park. Black Turnstones on the beach, and Red-breasted and Common Mergansers off-shore and in the river, respectively.

Weather was quite gray this morning, though it was starting to get brighter by the time I left. While out walking, the clouds broke up and I saw a brief bit of sun and blue sky between the rain and hail squalls.


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Recent Birds https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2008/08/26/recent-birds/ https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2008/08/26/recent-birds/#respond Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:12:33 +0000 http://www.sitkanature.org/?p=2746 Took a couple of trips to Totem Park, one yesterday and one today. Yesterday I saw 3 Northern Pintails, 6 smaller dabblers (I thought Green-winged Teal at the time, though they may have been Northern Shovelers), at least 4 Caspian Terns (including a hatch-year bird), many Thayer’s Gulls, Mew Gulls, a handful of Herring Gulls, ... Read more

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Took a couple of trips to Totem Park, one yesterday and one today.

Yesterday I saw 3 Northern Pintails, 6 smaller dabblers (I thought Green-winged Teal at the time, though they may have been Northern Shovelers), at least 4 Caspian Terns (including a hatch-year bird), many Thayer’s Gulls, Mew Gulls, a handful of Herring Gulls, Glaucous-winged Gulls, and a couple of Black-legged Kittiwakes. 5 or so White-winged Scoters did a fly by and there were at least 40 phalaropes out on Crescent Bay in two or three flocks that I saw. Shorebirds included Least Sandpipers, Black Turnstones, a Ruddy Turnstone, and what I intially thought might be a Wandering Tattler, but now wonder if it might have been a Spotted Sandpiper.

Last night I heard the terns flying over the neighborhood.

Today there were 8 Northern Shovelers, 10 or so Black Turnstones, a Ruddy Turnstone, at least 5 Least Sandpipers, a Western Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, many gulls; I noted Mew, Herring, Glaucous-winged, and Thayer’s. Ravens and Bald Eagles, and a couple of warblers in the alders along the beach. The warblers were very yellow and the one I got a good look at had a hint of streaking on the breast, so I’m thinking Yellow Warblers.

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28 February Photos: Sitka Birds and The Channel https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2008/02/28/28-february-photos-sitka-birds-and-the-channel/ https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2008/02/28/28-february-photos-sitka-birds-and-the-channel/#respond Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:36:28 +0000 http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2008/02/28/28-february-photos-sitka-birds-and-the-channel/
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20 February Photos: Morning Kayak Trip and Sandy Beach Surfing https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2007/02/20/20-february-photos-morning-kayak-trip-and-sandy-beach-surfing/ https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2007/02/20/20-february-photos-morning-kayak-trip-and-sandy-beach-surfing/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:59:26 +0000 http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2007/12/15/20-february-photos-morning-kayak-trip-and-sandy-beach-surfing/ Most of these pictures were taken this afternoon while at Sandy Beach. The Marbled Murrelets were seen while kayaking this morning.

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Most of these pictures were taken this afternoon while at Sandy Beach. The Marbled Murrelets were seen while kayaking this morning.

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12 February Photos: Walk to Totem Park https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2007/02/12/12-february-photos-walk-to-totem-park/ https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2007/02/12/12-february-photos-walk-to-totem-park/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:25:38 +0000 http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2007/02/12/12-february-photos-walk-to-totem-park/
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