http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/ Boreal Birder Sat, 25 May 2013 06:13:39 GMT var1ed_thrush http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1393 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1393 On a walk this evening near home, I saw a Swainson's Thrush in low brush (Cripple Creek/Kallenberg area). I have not heard one yet. Judy Williams Fairbanks Fri, 24 May 2013 23:44:58 GMT mark ross http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1392 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1392 Pine siskin is full display flight with song: (zzzzzzzzzzzzzz), UAF athletic field east,  1:30pm, 5-24-13  -mdr Pine siskin is full display flight with song: Fri, 24 May 2013 22:38:47 GMT Russell, Ken http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1391 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1391 hotline: Fairbanks and Interior Alaska date: May 24, 2013 number: (907) 451-9213 to report: (907) 451-9213 coverage: Fairbanks and vicinity transcriber: Ken Fri, 24 May 2013 17:58:22 GMT sddubois907 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1390 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1390 Thursday evening and again Friday morning, I heard blackpoll warblers in Delta Junction. Steve DuBois Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:55 GMT mark ross http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1389 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1389 errata:      the kingfisher sighting date was yesterday--Thursday, 24 May 13.    see previous post for location details.  -mdr Fri, 24 May 2013 16:37:43 GMT mark ross http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1388 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1388 Duckman Dan Kennedy reports  belted kingfisher, chena river by university ave.  5-24-13, 1805 hr. -mdr   Duckman Dan Kennedy reports belted kingfisher, Fri, 24 May 2013 03:52:30 GMT ransdellgreen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1387 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1387 A lot of nice shorebirds at the Fairbanks float ponds this afternoon(May 23rd)! I found four Upland Sandpipers in the fields along the small plane runway! Also Fri, 24 May 2013 02:51:33 GMT mark ross http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1386 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1386 blackpoll warbler, 5-23-13, 2:30pm , university Alaska west ridge, -mdr Thu, 23 May 2013 20:28:02 GMT var1ed_thrush http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1385 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1385 I heard a Hermit Thrush singing near the Ester post office at noon today (May 23rd). Judy Williams Fairbanks Thu, 23 May 2013 19:20:59 GMT Joyanne Hamilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1384 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1384 Very good video. So sad to see them so cold. I've never seen them bunch up like that. We got an insurgence of Cliff and Tree Swallows last night as well as Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:06 GMT Joyanne Hamilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1383 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1383 We got a huge push of songbirds last night, Cliff Swallows and Varied Thrush at the top of the list. Of course Robin's make things well known when they come to Thu, 23 May 2013 15:38:05 GMT Ken Cheatham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1382 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1382 For anyone who may be interested, I threw together a compilation of some of the video that I took over last weekend of the swallows at our house.  Please Thu, 23 May 2013 06:11:20 GMT Derek http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1381 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1381 Sorry Chris, but those birds are distinctive and your picture is clear. There is no chance that two individuals of different species were both tiny dwarves. Thu, 23 May 2013 05:56:34 GMT Chris http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1380 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1380 I appreciate your experience Erik, however, these birds were 10 feet away from me and the size of sandpipers. I have seen plenty of LBDO and yellowlegs, and Thu, 23 May 2013 05:20:57 GMT jeff.walters99708 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1379 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/message/1379 Two friends and I visited the float ponds and South Cushman late this afternoon. Lots of shorebirds! Birds at the float ponds included 2 Upland Sandpipers, 5