- RBA
* Alaska
* Fairbanks and Interior
* December 5, 2006
* AKFA0612.05
Birds Mentioned
Northern Shrike
Slate-Colored Junco
Brown Creeper
Black-Billed Magpie
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Northern Goshawk
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hotline: Fairbanks and Interior Alaska
date: December 5, 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 December
5, 2006.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen catching a COMMON REDPOLL
at a bird feeder off of Bradway road on December 3.
Two SLATE-COLORED JUNCOs have been coming into a feeder on
Steele Creek Road for about a month. They were most recently seen on
December 3. Two more SLATE-COLORED JUNCOs continue to be
seen at a feeder at Love Road.
A BROWN CREEPER was seen in the area of Potter and Cripple Creek
Roads also on December 3.
A BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was seen at the top of the hayfields at
4 miles Chena Hot Springs Road on November 29.
A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was seen at a bird feeder in North
Pole on November 28.
A juvenile male NORTHERN GOSHAWK was at the Alaska Bird
Observatory bird feeders on November 28.
Upcoming events include:
The Fairbanks Feeder Count will take place on December 16, 2006, and
March 3, 2007. This is a citizen science program sponsored by the Alaska
Bird Observatory and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Participants count birds at their feeders on up to three Saturdays
(or within a week of that date) over the winter and report their findings
on a datasheet. Participation is free. For more information about the
Fairbanks Feeder Count, contact ABO at 451-7159
or birds@alaskabird.org.
The Fairbanks Christmas Bird Count will occur on Saturday,
December 30. For more information, contact Gail Mayo at 479-2954.
If you plan to record a bird sighting, please include the date and place
where the bird was seen along with your name and phone number.
If you wish to become a member of the Arctic Audubon Society please
call Mary Zalar at 479-4547.
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
* Alaska
* Fairbanks and Interior
* December 5, 2006
* AKFA0612.05
Birds Mentioned
Northern Shrike
Slate-Colored Junco
Brown Creeper
Black-Billed Magpie
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Northern Goshawk
_ transcript
hotline: Fairbanks and Interior Alaska
date: December 5, 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 December
5, 2006.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen catching a COMMON REDPOLL
at a bird feeder off of Bradway road on December 3.
Two SLATE-COLORED JUNCOs have been coming into a feeder on
Steele Creek Road for about a month. They were most recently seen on
December 3. Two more SLATE-COLORED JUNCOs continue to be
seen at a feeder at Love Road.
A BROWN CREEPER was seen in the area of Potter and Cripple Creek
Roads also on December 3.
A BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was seen at the top of the hayfields at
4 miles Chena Hot Springs Road on November 29.
A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was seen at a bird feeder in North
Pole on November 28.
A juvenile male NORTHERN GOSHAWK was at the Alaska Bird
Observatory bird feeders on November 28.
Upcoming events include:
The Fairbanks Feeder Count will take place on December 16, 2006, and
March 3, 2007. This is a citizen science program sponsored by the Alaska
Bird Observatory and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Participants count birds at their feeders on up to three Saturdays
(or within a week of that date) over the winter and report their findings
on a datasheet. Participation is free. For more information about the
Fairbanks Feeder Count, contact ABO at 451-7159
or birds@alaskabird.org.
The Fairbanks Christmas Bird Count will occur on Saturday,
December 30. For more information, contact Gail Mayo at 479-2954.
If you plan to record a bird sighting, please include the date and place
where the bird was seen along with your name and phone number.
If you wish to become a member of the Arctic Audubon Society please
call Mary Zalar at 479-4547.
Thanks for calling the birding hotline.
-End Transcript
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