http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/ A discussion group for Alaska birders Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:52:11 GMT doug-jones@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4758 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4758 I'm going to Haines next week and was curious if anyone could help me with places to go birding (other than the obvious eagles)? Also I've heard that the chum Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:20 GMT Paul Suchanek http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4757 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4757 This morning, I encountered a duck hunter on the trail out to Point Bridget State Park who excitedly reported seeing a snowy owl. I continued onward and found Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:07:04 GMT Gwen Baluss http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4756 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4756 Still fairly lively, stopped there casually today and  saw a nice male gadwall, 3 coots, and, weirdly, what I believe were 2 long-billed dowitchers in the Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:48:08 GMT Mark Schwan http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4755 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4755 Gwen et al. I hadn't seen any SEOWs this fall until Sunday (I had just returned from being away for a couple of weeks though), but out along the airport dike Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:54:22 GMT Gwen Baluss http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4754 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4754 Well either there is a problem with my eaglechat account... or the birding has been as slow for everybody else as it has been for me! The best place I've Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:35:05 GMT deborah_rudis@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4753 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4753 Thought that you would all enjoy this! -Deb Rudis They're evening grosbeaks not bobolinks. Could it be the siskins are becoming yellower? I think they are. A Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:17 GMT Beth Peluso http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4752 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4752 Spent the weekend at the Oliver's Inlet cabin on Admiralty. I heard one varied thrush still singing--I wonder if he knows how late it is? Also saw 3 swans, one Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:04:53 GMT Pat Bock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4751 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4751 Weather permitting, the Juneau Raptor Center will release a barred owl - Henry - on Sunday, October 25, 5PM, Thane Ore House. Please note that parking is Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:13:01 GMT andersonmark142 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4750 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4750 We saw 5 American Coots and a pair of Gadwalls along with some Mallards at Pioneer Pond. We also had two GB Herons chasing each other vigorously in the air Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:13:23 GMT Paul Suchanek http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4749 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4749 Eagle Beach has been packed with shorebirds the last couple days at low tide. Today (10/18) there was a flock of 3,000 to 4,000 shorebirds which were Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:57:35 GMT Paul Suchanek http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4748 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4748 Yesterday morning (10/15), there was a black-backed woodpecker just past the bridge (over Outer Pt. creek) on the boardwalk extending from the very end of the Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:12:32 GMT Pat Bock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4747 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4747 Laurie Craig asked that the Juneau Raptor Center send a note about this eagle that was found dead on the Auke Lake trail on Monday, October 12, 2009. The Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:09:49 GMT Paul Suchanek http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4746 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4746 I was able to entice the catbird to hang around the yard with some grape sections and mountain ash berries. If you perhaps are interested in trying to see the Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:43:35 GMT Paul Suchanek http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4745 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4745 About 30 minutes ago, I watched a catbird slink through my back yard. It never showed itself very well so I was unable to see the rusty undertail coverts but Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:43:41 GMT Laurie Craig http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4744 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/message/4744 Greetings, birders, The sky over Auke Lake is emptier today. A beautiful adult eagle was found dead along the edge of the new trail on the east side of the