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Recent content by lgonz1008

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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    Pictures from the trip: Aialik Glacier American Dipper Caribou Denali Highway (Maclaren Summit) Denali National Park Denali State Park (Viewpoint South) Harlequin Duck Moose North American Porcupine Red-necked Grebe Spruce Grouse Steller Sea Lion Steller's Jay White-winged Scoter Willow Ptarmigan
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    May 31 (Anchorage and departure) Only time during this trip that the alarm ringed before I woke up, but the early rise was worth it if I got my targets, American Three-toed Woodpecker and (what I thought I still needed at the time) Cackling Goose. First stop was Kincaid Park, a large protected...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    May 30 (Seward to Anchorage) Final full day in Alaska had us going back to Anchorage on a steady pace without many hurries, but since I got up early as usual, I made a visit to the Lowell Point in Seward, in hopes of getting better views of Marbled Murrelet, this was easily achieved, along with...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    May 28 (Kenai Fjords National Park and Seward) Pelagics are the dream experiences for many birders, it gives us a chance of seeing birds that while shown in our country's field guides, rarely do we connect with them unless we go out to sea. The Seward area is not a traditional pelagic spot in...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    I completely overlooked that! Thank you for letting me know. I can only update the entry I put today, but I'll be sure to make it May moving forward. The whole trip was in May of this year, I can confirm the date numbers are correct.
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    I'd say you got better luck with some of the marine mammals compared to us (the next post will be about the Seward boat trip). The Tattlers were a welcome surprise, because the next day they were gone, my guess is that they stopped briefly on their way north to the mountains for breeding? The...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    May 28 (Long drive to Seward) Today we had a 10 hour drive to Seward, normally this drive is about 6 hours long, still a long trip, but it was made longer from the request of the family to go back to Denali Highway and spend some time in the winter scenery of Maclaren Summit. The drive there...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    March 27 (Denali Highway) Early morning meant that I had some time before the restaurant opened and in hoping to make the best of my time, I decided to explore Denali National Park on my own in the morning hours. This turned to be the best decision I made for the trip, the park is full of...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    I agree, the weather didn't help much for raptors (or any carnivores for that matter), but it probably helped the Dall Sheep and Moose cows relax a bit since no predator was coming for their young! Overall Bald Eagle is supposed to be rare within the park, simply because the park's rivers have...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    March 26 (Denali National Park and Preserve) Currently the third largest protected area within the US National Park system, Denali National Park and Preserve is also considered an UNESCO biosphere reserve and it's probably the closest you can get within the US to the variety and quantity of...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    March 25 (Morning in Anchorage and transfer to Denali) Early mornings are a must whenever traveling is involved, whether it's due to jetlag, the bed not being your own or excitement from being in a new place, it doesn't change the fact that every day I woke up around 4AM and was out and about...
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    Alaska: Birds and Mammals of the Great North

    Alaska is considered by many as the final frontier, whether this is an American bias, the fact that anyone wishing to reach the state needs to spend a lot of time traveling or simply that this is one of the great wilderness regions left on earth, it's up to each person to decide. Personally, I...
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    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    Week long family trip to Alaska (16 Lifers) (Anchorage Area) 277. Canada Goose 278. Trumpeter Swan 279. Gadwall 280. Mallard 281. Greater Scaup 282. Surf Scoter 283. Red-necked Grebe 284. Short-billed Gull 285. Arctic Tern 286. Black-billed Magpie 287. Red-breasted Nuthatch 288. Black-capped...
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    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    (Seattle Airport layover) 271. Glaucous-winged Gull 272. Bushtit 273. American Robin 274. House Finch 275. Dark-eyed Junco 276. White-crowned Sparrow
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    Owls in Alaska (Anchorage, Denali and Seward)

    Thanks! I'll see if I can manage to see any of these and let you know!
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