I did not spend much time birding today, just an hour-long birding stroll at Campbell Creek Estuary Nature Area. The weather was mild (42 degrees) and sunny. The birds apparently had someplace else they needed to be while I was out there birding. I did have four species – Common Raven, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Brown Creeper, none of which I photographed.
All I have is scenery pictures where I birded – the open field around which the main trail circles, the estuary at a quite low tide seen through the trees and a closer view, and the forest trail :
So, lacking much big year birding news, I decided to take the time to incorporate into this blog a summary of where I’ve seen new birds so far this year. Of course, these results, by the very nature of big-year birding in a state where the number of wintering birds is fairly low, are biased toward wherever the big year is begun. I began my big year in Kodiak so Kodiak is on top of the list with most birds seen first there. The list:
- Kodiak – 52 species seen first for the year in Kodiak
- Anchorage – 20
- Ketchikan – 18
- Juneau – 12
- Homer – 9
- Hoonah – 4
- Areas away from cities/islands – 3
- Sitka – 2
- Seward – 1
- Palmer – 1
- TOTAL – 122 species seen so far
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