Friday, May 14, 2010

sightings on mooseskull lake

1 mallard, male
4 gulls
around 6 lesser scaups, males and females
4 bufflehead, 2 pairs
2 male Barrow's Goldeneye

and the sound of frogs :)

Bufflehead


Bucephala albeola
mooseskull lake, Mendenhall subdivision, May 14 2010

Lesser Scaup


Aythya affinis
mooseskull lake, Mendenhall subdivision, May 14 2010
same place, May 11, 2016

Barrow''s goldeneye


Bucephala icelandica
mooseskull lake,mendenhall subdivision May 14 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Blue-winged Teal


The duck on the left.
May 11 2010
Mendenhall Landing

these blue teals seem hard to catch on photo

blue female ( among green-winged males)

male
mendenhall meadows
June 28,2013

June 19, 2016,  what seems to be clearly a pair.
slough north of mendenhall landing

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Orange-crowned Warbler


Vermivora celata
August 25 2009, in my garden, probably on migration.

Stokes: "..,celata means concealed. It refers to the orange crown patch, which is almost always hidden under the olive head feathers,..."

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Say's Phoebe


Sayornis saya
crocus hill Mendenhall subdivision
August 1, 2009

And on May 13, 2017 Kusawa desert