Fairbanks RBA
August 23, 2010
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- RBA
* Alaska
* Fairbanks and Interior
* August 23, 2010
* AKFA1008.23
Birds Mentioned
Lesser Sandhill crane
Canada Goose
Great Gray Owl
Osprey
White-Winged scoter
Common Loon
American Kestrel
Northern Harrier
White-Fronted goose
Belter Kingfisher
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Mountain Bluebird
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hotline: Fairbanks and Interior Alaska
date: August 23, 2010
number: (907) 451-9213
to report: (907) 451-9213
coverage: Fairbanks and vicinity
transcriber: Ken Russell
e_mail: Ken_Russell@fws.gov
Welcome to the Birding Hotline for Interior Alaska as of August 23, 2010.
There are still thousands of LESSER SANDHILL CRANES and CANADA
GEESE in the fields at Creamer's Refuge.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen along the Richardson Highway at Quartz
Lake on August 22.
The following birds were seen between August 19 and 21: Seven OSPREY
soaring over Lakeview Terrace, with WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 8
COMMON LOONS on the ponds. A male AMERICAN KESTREL and A
NORTHERN HARRIER were at the Airport Float ponds, another male
AMERICAN KESTREL was at the peat ponds at Sheep Creek and Murphy
Dome Roads, and an OSPREY and BELTED KINGFISHER were at Wander
Lake.
A pair of SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS with 2 or 3 young were seen at11.5 mile
Chena Hot Springs Rd. on August 17.
A small flock of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were reported along the Alaska
Highway in the vicinity of the junction with the Taylor Highway that goes
to Chicken and Eagle on August 15.
A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK pair with 2 young were seen at 4.5 mile Chena
Hot Springs Road on August 9.
If you'd like to become a member of Arctic Audubon Society, information
is available at their web site: www.arcticaudubon.org .
Thanks for calling the Birding Hot Line.
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Visit Arctic Audubon Society's website: http://www.arcticaudubon.org/.
Site includes information on birding locations in Interior Alaska as well
as a calendar of Arctic Audubon programs.
Also visit Alaska Bird Observatory's website: http://www.alaskabird.org/
Directions to the sites mentioned in the report can found in A Birder's
Guide
to Alaska by George C. West; American Birding Association
Ken Russell and Laurel Devaney
Fairbanks, Alaska
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