I have not posted as often as I would have liked to. I have no excuse. I have definitely been out birding, despite temperatures being a bit frigid. I have still been seeing new birds and even achieved my goal of identifying 70 bird species for 2015. The last few new bird sightings have been: Common Murre, Snow Bunting and just last week I saw number 69 at my most frequent spot at Spenard Crossing, a Pacific Wren! This little bird is no bigger than a chickadee. It was a little brown puff ball darting around in the underbrush and grass. They are a very handsome bird, and
of course, I did everything I could to shoot it a few times. These little birdies are quick however and I was only able to get off a few
Monday, December 28, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Monday, December 15
I did not get the opportunity to post yesterday so I will post today.
This post covers part of last week also.
I finally got a chance to see the Northern Hawk Owl that had been reported behind the International Airport. I made my way out past Point Woranzof and found several other birders with their huge scopes already there, getting what I'm sure where some amazing shots. I grabbed my little Canon SX50 and zoomed up as close as I could get. This is one of those times where my camera leaves me wanting. But hey, a sighting is a sighting and I couldn't have been more excited. I went back the next day and on they way saw a small flock of Pine Grosbeaks. I was able to get quite a few photos before heading back over to see the owl again.
Yesterday I had the day off work so I used the opportunity to head over to Kincaid Park to an area that has had reports of Snow Bunting according to ebird.com. It was a fairly quiet walk over to the bluff overlooking the flats, except for the Brown Creeper and Black-capped Chickadee's I saw.
This post covers part of last week also.
I finally got a chance to see the Northern Hawk Owl that had been reported behind the International Airport. I made my way out past Point Woranzof and found several other birders with their huge scopes already there, getting what I'm sure where some amazing shots. I grabbed my little Canon SX50 and zoomed up as close as I could get. This is one of those times where my camera leaves me wanting. But hey, a sighting is a sighting and I couldn't have been more excited. I went back the next day and on they way saw a small flock of Pine Grosbeaks. I was able to get quite a few photos before heading back over to see the owl again.
Yesterday I had the day off work so I used the opportunity to head over to Kincaid Park to an area that has had reports of Snow Bunting according to ebird.com. It was a fairly quiet walk over to the bluff overlooking the flats, except for the Brown Creeper and Black-capped Chickadee's I saw.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
I have not posted in a week or so. That's not to say that there's been no activity however! I've been out birding on my lunch breaks almost every day. Some days yield very few birds. Early in the week I went to the Airport Heights area and saw one Raven flying overhead. All was still and quiet over there even though I had heard reports of a Northern Hawk Owl in the area.
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