Audubon Seward Birding trip

Over the weekend I took my family down to Seward to join in the Annual Anchorage Audubon Seward field trip. We arrived on Friday evening around 4pm and after checkin at our lodging, took our son for a walk. We made our way to the boardwalk at Benny Benson Park where Common Goldeneye's where swimming in the half frozen water. After stretching our legs, we made our way back to the car to return to our room when my wife calmly informed me that there was a bird on a wire above the boardwalk. Sure enough, a Belted Kingfisher perched high above with a great view of it's fishing area. That was a "first" for 2016 of which there would be many more in the next 24 hours.

Been a bit slow lately

I've been out and about a number of times lately in search of new birds. I've even got a good list to go on and a number of spots were they can potentially be found. However, the birds seem to be evading me at the moment.

Today, I went for the third time to a spot that has had a fairly regular American Three-toed Woodpecker, but

Alaska Birding Adventures Continued...

I haven't exactly been racking up the numbers in my 2016 bird count. In fact, I am getting 1 or two new birds a week at best. Once spring hits and the migratory birds return it will be crazy but for now, it's slow going.

Since I posted last I have been all over the place. I went up Campbell Airstrip Drive as it transitions to Basher Road earlier this week in search of Ptarmigan and Snowy Owl which