Date: 9/16/25 10:52 pm From: rainyday via groups.io <c_griz...> Subject: [AKBirding] Sunday, September 14, 2025 Long-billed Dowitchers
Sunday, September 14, 2025 Long-billed Dowitchers
Seward, Alaska
The rain returned but I caught an interval in the afternoon almost between showers. I even saw a glimpse of the last quarter moon before the clouds engulfed the blue sky once again.
Two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS fed at the receding high tide line, a pleasure to view so close. A HERRING GULL (or possibly the Cook hybrid), GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, and a SHORT-BILLED GULL strode behind them like giants for a size comparison.
Once again, a GREAT BLUE HERON flew past; we must be on the same schedule! The juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON made a cameo appearance flying high towards the west. A NORTHERN HARRIER scored on a vole.
Over at Fourth of July Beach, I watched a very late BALD EAGLET stretch its wings and take a short flight from the nest to a nearby spruce branch, crying and exclaiming the whole time. Learning to fly is a feat worth bragging about! I did not see the second sibling or the parents.
