
So here are the birds that put me over the 600 mark on my ABA list:
#594 - Northwestern Crow
#595 - Spruce Grouse (a rather unexpected but very welcome bird, seeing as I lived in NH for a few years and never stumbled across one before!)
#596 - Trumpeter Swan
#597 - Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
#598 - Marbled Murrelet
#599 - Wandering Tattler (another unexpected bird - flew past and perched on an outlet pipe right next to the dock!)
#600 - Pink-footed Shearwater
#601 - Sabine's Gull (yet another unexpected bird. It flew past our balcony as I was walking out. Couldn't believe my eyes - my first thought it was just another immature kittiwake that looked a little odd, but stayed within sight long enough to confirm!)
#602 - Cassin's Auklet
Other birds of note we did see: American Bald Eagles (have to be blind to miss 'em up there), Ravens (ditto), White-winged Crossbills, Glaucous-winged & Mew Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwake, Pelagic Cormorants, Common Murres, both Pomerine & Long-tailed Jaegers, and thousands upon thousands of Surf Scoters.
Birds that we missed that I was hoping for: Willow & Rock Ptarmagins, Horned & Tufted Puffins, Albatross of any sort (not really expected though), Short-tailed Shearwater (actually had a few potential candidates, but were too far away to rule out Sooty which were also seen closer) Kittlitz's & Ancient Murrelets, Rhino Auklet (again, had good potential for a few, but just couldn't make out enough detail in the fog to be positive)
As for non-avian wildlife, we had a few misses - no bears (although often evidence of very recent bears) or Orca/Killer Whales. We did have great looks at Humpback Whales, Stellar Sea Lions, Otters, Moose, a few distant Dall Sheep, and a Porcupine that sat in a pine tree eating needles relatively close to a viewing platform for the Mendenhall Glacier.
Hatteras Pelagics May 27 - both tropicbirds
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5 comments:
Sounds awesome! Congrats!
What a fantastic trip and how strange to find this blog via an image I submitted to Bugguide which was answered by Jason Forbes and from his site to yours and then I see a Sky Watch photo. Small world. I am a newbie and blog about what I see around the pond. But Congrats on your marriage..My husband and I just celebrated 25 years...Michelle
Congrats over 600! Great list! I have some of the birds that you missed, but you saw lots that I missed. I do want to go back too, but next time to the north to Nome and Gambell.
wonderful picture. wow 600....
Thanks all for your congratulations!
Patrick: congrats to you also. You're on the alter soon too aren't you?
Michelle: Nice to see you here - great blog! Congrats on your 25 years!
Bev: Not a bad list - I'm with you on wating to go back and further north.
Tommy: Thanks as always for the kind comments on the blog!
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