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* Fairbanks and Interior
* June 12, 2006
* AKFA0606.12

Birds Mentioned
Arctic Warbler
Black-Backed Woodpecker
Gyrfalcon
Tennessee Warbler
Red Phalarope
Ruddy Turnstone
Short-Eared Owl

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hotline: Fairbanks and Interior Alaska
date: June 12, 2006
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 June 12, 2006.

The first ARCTIC WARBLER of the year was sighted on the
Denali Highway on June 8.

The following birds were seen along the Denali Highway on June 7:
A SHORT-EARED OWL at mile 13, a BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKER at mile 23, and a GYRFALCON at mile 36.

A TENNESSEE WARBLER was singing on Standard Creek Rd.
off of the Old Nenana Highway near the railroad tracks on June 6.

Four RED PHALAROPES, 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES, & a
SHORT-EARED OWL were at the Airport float ponds on June 5.

Thanks for calling the birding hotline.

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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;
2002 ISBN 1-878788-19-1

Ken Russell and Laurel Devaney
PO Box 71462
Fairbanks, Alaska 99707