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Date: 5/9/26 8:05 am From: Lani Raymond via groups.io <lanibirder...> Subject: [AKBirding] Shorebird Festival: Friday species
2026 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: SPECIES TALLY Species seen Thursday, May 7th A BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW was seen in Mud Bay early Friday morning, in with a group of nearly 60 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS! The flock was flushed by an eagle, and the curlew was identified by its rump patch. No one was able to relocate it later, unfortunately. Several other new species were found also including SANDERLING, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, OSPREY, and some songbirds, although only the one warbler so far, the orange-crowned, a ways east of town has been reported. It Was A Great Day to Bird! Anchor Point RED KNOT, SANDERLING, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, HUSONIAN GODWIT, HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL, SURFBIRD, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, both DOWITCHERS, WILSON’S SNIPE, SNOW GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, BONAPARTE’S GULL, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, ALEUTIAN TERN, ARCTIC TERN, RED-THROATED LOON, PACIFIC LOON, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, AMERICAN PIPIT, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, MERLIN. Mud Bay/Mariner Park BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW, RED KNOT, HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL (69), BAR-TAILED GODWIT, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, BLACK TURNSTONE, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, DUNLIN, both YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BONAPARTE’S GULL, SAVANNAH SPARROW, BRANT, MERLIN, NORTHERN HARRIER. Louie’s Lagoon/Green Timbers MARBLED GODWIT, HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BRANT. End of the Spit KITTLITZ’S MURRELET, MARBLED MURRELET, RED-THROATED LOON, PACIFIC LOON, HARLEQUIN DUCKS, BONAPARTE’S GULL. Calvin and Coyle Trail WILSON’S SNIPE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, BROWN CREEPER, SPRUCE GROUSE, AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, MERLIN Islands and OceanTrails WILSON’S SNIPE, HERMIT THRUSH, REDPOLL, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, CACKLING GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Beluga Lake WILSON’S SNIPE, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LEAST SANDPIPER, REDHEAD, CANVASBACK, EURASIAN WIGEON, GADWALL, RING-NECKED DUCK, NORTHERN SHOVELER, TRUMPETER SWAN, GREAT HORNED OWL, VARIED THRUSH, LINCOLN SPARROW * Beluga Slough/Bishop’s Beach* WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON’S SNIPE, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, LONG-TAILED DUCK, HARLEQUIN DUCK, PACIFIC LOON, TUFTED PUFFIN, BONAPARTE’S GULL, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, SAVANNAH SPARROW. Bay/Gull Is/Inlet BLACK OYSTERCATCHER, SURFBIRD (32), RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, TUFTED PUFFIN, PACIFIC LOON, YELLOW-BILLED LOON, BRANT, SAVANNAH SPARROW Ninilchik--NORTHERN FULMAR Halibut Cove—RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, MARBLED MURRELET Glacier Spit—WESTERN SANDPIPER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, PACIFIC LOON, ARCTIC TERN, AMERICAN PIPIT <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1288): https://groups.io/g/AKBirding/message/1288 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119230464/858290 Group Owner: AKBirding+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/AKBirding/unsub [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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