Date: 5/28/26 7:05 am From: S W via groups.io <ak.au.crew...> Subject: [AKBirding] Upper Gulkana
Location: ponds near upper Gulkana above Paxson Lake and below Denali highway Date 5-25-2026 Observer: Scott Wharton Lakes were mostly frozen with open areas on creeks and sloughs. The usual suspects were in evidence. Highlights:
Trumpeter swans 8pr Common and Barrows Goldeneye Bufflehead C Merganzer Ring Neck Duck Scaup N Pintail Red neck Phalarope G Yellowlegs N Flicker Short ear owl Rusty blackbird Grey cheek thrush Boreal chickadee Wilson's warbler Y Rump warbler Y warbler Townsend's warbler Arctic tern GLW x Herr gull
