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Birding in Early July
2nd -12th July, 2010
Between the 2nd and the 12th July, four birders stayed at Nuk Tessli.
It was a wonderful time: everything was hatching.
Parents announced themselves to us by following us and giving warning cries,
so we were able to get a few photos.
We found a Hairy Woodpecker's nest.
And two Three-toed Woodpecker nests
(Picture by Pauline Dupas)
Blackpolled Warblers were everywhere; in two places they were obviously feeding young.
His wife looks quite different.
(Picture by Pauline Dupas)
Arguable the most common bird was the Savannah Sparrow
In every puddle were Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers.
Pauline took this picture of the two species together.
This Solitary was having a hard time balancing on a small tree in a strong wind.
The Eagle obviously had a young one.
She has her wings halfway out trying to shade it from the sun on a very hot day.
In the forests were hermit thrushes
In the marshes were Wilson's Warblers.
And in the alpine were White-tailed Ptarmigan
And Horned Larks (The female does not have the "horns")
(Picture by Pauline Dupas)
(The snow really is pink - from the algae called Pink Snow.)
But most exciting of all were numerous broods of Barrows' Goldeneye.
I have seen babies like this only once before in 22 years.
This year I have seen four families and others have recorded three more.
The babies are right out of Walt Disney!
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